society. The paper suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under standard …

of migration flows from the New Member States to Germany. We demonstrate that immigration increased substantially despite … immigration from countries that were hit by the crisis, although the annual net flows are still too small to significantly reduce …

Based on the current European discussion about immigration policy, this paper gives an overview of central economic … consequences of immigration for a host country=s labor market. The most important theoretical arguments are presented and evaluated … against the available empirical evidence. The paper concludes that immigration cannot per se be considered as good or bad for …

In recent years, Spain has received unprecedented immigration flows. Between 2001 and 2006 the fraction of the … (relative to population), immigration increased the high school dropout population by 24%, while only increasing the number of … large expansion of employment in high immigration regions. Specifically, most industries in high-immigration regions …

We estimate empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over … the period 1998-2008. This decade is characterized by both a spectacular housing market boom and a stunning immigration … wave. We exploit the variation in immigration across Spanish provinces and construct an instrument based on the historical …

for Germany, the largest European immigration country, shows that more than 60% of the migrants are indeed repeat migrants … for repeated moves of migrants between the host and home countries. The Markov transition matrix between the states in two …. The out-migration per year is low, about 10%. Migrants are more likely to leave again early after their arrival in Germany …

Germany, the largest European immigration country, are indeed repeat migrants. The findings indicate that immigrants from … circular migration as it is manifested by the frequency of exits of migrants living in Germany, and by the number of years …. Those migrants with family in the home country remain out longer but are not more frequently out. …