This paper explores the effects of high skilled immigration to a host country with unionized low skilled labor and an … unemployment insurance scheme. We show that such immigration can create a negative immigration surplus due to adverse effects on …

This paper explores the effects of high skilled immigration to a host country with unionized low skilled labor and an … unemployment insurance scheme. We show that such immigration can create a negative immigration surplus due to adverse effects on …

We study immigration policy in a small receiving economy under self-selection of migrants. We show that a non …-discriminatory immigration policy choice affects and is affected by the migratory decisions of skilled and unskilled foreign workers. From this … interaction multiple equilibria may arise, which are driven by the natives' expectations on the welfare effects of immigration. In …

We study immigration policy in a small receiving economy under self-selection of migrants. We show that a non …-discriminatory immigration policy choice affects and is affected by the migratory decisions of skilled and unskilled foreign workers. From this … interaction multiple equilibria may arise, which are driven by the natives' expectations on the welfare effects of immigration. In …

The labor market "quality" of immigrants is a subject of debate among immigration researchers, and a major public … in the immigration flows from different countries, sampling error, and the effects of emigration – is fundamentally …

Two issues have taken center stage in the recent debates about U.S. immigration policy: one, illegal immigration and … evidence from the history of U.S. immigration policy, the experiences of different types of U.S. immigrants, and cross …

New Zealand immigration policy settings are based on the assumption that the macroeconomic impacts of immigration may … are possible. Reviewing the literature, the balance of evidence suggests that while past immigration has, at times, had … significant net benefits, over the past couple of decades the positive effects of immigration on per capita growth, productivity …

impact of immigration on entrepreneurial activity. Immigrants, we hypothesize, facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by … accomplish. Our theory offers a unique perspective on the contributions of immigrants to economic development beyond traditional …

Many countries pursue an immigration policy that is targeted at attracting high skilled workers. Borjas (1995) has … shown that assuming perfect labor markets immigration leads to a welfare gain for the native population, the so …-called immigration surplus. Thus, as the labor market for high skilled workers exhibits few frictions, high skilled immigration should …