Immigration may impact income distribution both by affecting the skill composition of a country's residents, and, by changing relative factor supplies, its relative factor prices. We provide some background evidence on compositional factors but focus primarily on factor prices. We first consider...

Introduction : changing economies and uneven fortunes in the labor market -- Vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation : immigrants over the economic crisis and recovery -- Foreign workers and immigrant integration : emerging from recession in the United Kingdom -- Migration and migrants in...

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...