This paper studies the impact of import competition from China on informality and wages in the Peruvian manufacturing … surge in imports from China on the likelihood of being hired in the informal sector and on wages in both the formal and … among workers with only elementary educationarguably one of the less-skilled groups. Regarding the impact on real wages, we …

This paper studies the relationship between immigration and offshoring by examining whether an influx of foreign workers … into a municipality reduces firm-level offshoring at both the extensive and intensive margins. The fact that immigration and …

This paper estimates the effects of immigration on wages of native workers at the national U.S. level. Following Borjas … evaluate the competition as well as cross-skill complementary effects of immigrants on wages. We also emphasize the importance … immigrants and workers with no degree. We then estimate the substitutability between natives and immigrants and we find a small …

In this paper we analyze the response of career, employment and wage of native Europeans to immigration. We then ask … flexible labor markets in a country are a key factor to have employment upgrading in response to immigration. …

How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it … possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation … immigration does not, but rather reduces the share of offshored jobs instead. Moreover, since both phenomena have a positive "cost …

Recent European Legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … immigration quotas. On the other hand, there is an increase of regularization, i.e., European policies are becoming less tight …. Our aim here is to study these counterbalanced and opposite policies in European immigration legislation in a unified …

that delaying citizenship eligibility by one year adversely affected Canadian residents' wages. Access to better jobs … explains a citizenship premium of 11 percent in higher wages among naturalized migrants. Our estimates are robust to model …

This paper analyzes the effects of recent Venezuelan immigration to Colombia on the fiscal balance, the labor market … in the labor market. The higher fiscal spending to address immigration negatively impacts the government's budget in the … generates a negative effect on wages and an increase in the unemployment rate--and skilled workers, who benefit from higher …