Using data on Israeli closures inside the West Bank, we provide novel evidence on the labor market effects of conflict-induced restrictions to mobility. To identify the effects we exploit the fact that the placement of physical barriers by Israel was exogenous to local labor market conditions....

This paper studies the dynamic impact of mass migration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel on natives' labor market outcomes. Specifically, we attempt to distinguish between the short-run and long-run effects of immigrants on natives' wages and employment. The transition of immigrants into a...

This paper studies the dynamic impact of mass migration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel on natives' labor market outcomes. Specifically, we attempt to distinguish between the short-run and long-run effects of immigrants on natives' wages and employment. The transition of immigrants into a...

This paper studies the dynamic impact of mass migration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel on natives? labor market outcomes. Specifically, we attempt to distinguish between the short-run and long-run effects of immigrants on natives? wages and employment. The transition of immigrants into a...

We review research on the impact of immigration on income distribution. We discuss routes through which immigration can affect income distribution in the host and source countries, including compositional effects and effects on native incomes. Immigration may affect the composition of skills...

An influential strand of research has tested for the effects of immigration on natives' wages and employment using exogenous refugee supply shocks as natural experiments. Several studies have reached conflicting conclusions about the effects of noted refugee waves such as the Mariel Boatlift in...