This paper reviews the evidence on the effects of less-skilled immigration to the U.S., and their implications for … immigration reform. It begins with a review of the costs of less-skilled immigration, in terms of competition to native …-born American workers; and the benefits of such immigration in the form of lower consumer prices, higher employer profits, and …

lower rates of involvement in criminal activity than natives. The earliest studies of immigration and crime conducted at the …

Is there a local economic impact of immigration? Immigration pushes up rents and housing values in US destination …. I use instrumental variables based on a shift-share of national levels of immigration into metropolitan areas. An … immigration inflow equal to 1% of a city's population is associated with increases in average rents and housing values of about 1 …

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 …