This paper investigates the effects of Spain's large recent immigration wave on the labor supply of highly skilled … native women. We hypothesize that female immigration led to an increase in the supply of affordable household services, such … family responsibilities. Our evidence indicates that over the last decade immigration led to an important expansion in the …

This paper re-examines the role of labor-market competition as a determinant of attitudes toward immigration. We claim … are relatively more pro-immigration. This is true for both our new measures of exposure. Second, we show that the … positive effect of education on pro-immigration attitudes is greatly reduced when we control for the degree of communication …

This chapter summarizes the main trends, policies and empirical evidence regarding immigration in Europe. We start by … providing descriptive evidence on long-term immigration trends and current characteristics of the immigrant populations in … the second part of the chapter, we provide a survey of the large and growing literature on the recent European immigration …

This paper investigates the effects of Spain's large recent immigration wave on the labor supply of highly skilled … native women. We hypothesize that female immigration led to an increase in the supply of affordable household services, such … family responsibilities. Our evidence indicates that over the last decade immigration led to an important expansion in the …

total factor productivity of the receiving economy. We assemble panel data on immigration flows, output, employment and …. We find that immigration has a large, positive effect on the employment rate of the receiving country. However, it leaves …Two large but separate bodies of literature analyze the economic effects of international trade and immigration. Given …

This chapter summarizes the main trends, policies, and empirical evidence regarding immigration in Europe. We start by … providing descriptive evidence on long-term immigration trends and current characteristics of the immigrant populations in … the second part of the chapter, we provide a survey of the large and growing literature on the recent European immigration …

This chapter summarizes the main trends, policies and empirical evidence regarding immigration in Europe. We start by … providing descriptive evidence on long-term immigration trends and current characteristics of the immigrant populations in … the second part of the chapter, we provide a survey of the large and growing literature on the recent European immigration …

This paper re-examines the role of labor-market competition as a determinant of attitudes toward immigration. We claim … are relatively more pro-immigration. This is true for both our new measures of exposure. Second, we show that the … positive effect of education on pro-immigration attitudes is greatly reduced when we control for the degree of communication …

large expansion of employment in high immigration regions. Specifically, most industries in high-immigration regions …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 …

This paper analyzes the political sustainability of the welfare state in an environment where immigration is the main … demographic force and where governments are able to influence the size and skill composition of immigration flows. Specifically, I … present a dynamic political-economy model where both income redistribution and immigration policy are chosen by majority vote …