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

An important goal of immigration policy is facilitating the entry and supply of workers whose skills are scarce in … whether and how the response of immigrants to skill demand changed when Switzerland abolished immigration restrictions for …

An important goal of immigration policy is facilitating the entry and supply of workers whose skills are scarce in … whether and how the response of immigrants to skill demand changed when Switzerland abolished immigration restrictions for …

I investigate the effect of attitudes toward migrants on the average skill composition of immigrants in destination … countries. A model is presented showing that negative attitudes toward migrants in general can reduce the average skill … attitudes. I use survey data on attitudes toward migrants as well as data on migrant stocks by education level and origin …

for highly skilled migrants vis-à-vis lowskill migrants. Based on micro-data for 11 EU countries, a discrete choice model …

The economic literature provides ample evidence that immigration of highly skilled workers is beneficial for the host … economy. Yet, when compared to countries such as the USA or Canada, Europe receives a lower share of migrants with tertiary … education, raising concerns that the EU does not attract enough highly skilled migrants. There is, however, considerable …

I investigate the effect of attitudes toward migrants on the average skill composition of immigrants in destination … countries. A model is presented showing that negative attitudes toward migrants can reduce the average skill composition. The … hypothesis, I use survey data on attitudes toward migrants as well as data on migrant stocks by education level and origin …

anticipates that rich natives oppose low skilled immigration more than poor natives, and that this gap is larger in states with … equally opposed to low skilled immigration, and rich natives are actually less opposed to low skilled immigration in states … with more fiscal exposure than they are elsewhere. We do find that poor natives are more opposed to low skilled immigration …