integration and consequent rising mobility of tax bases combined with substantial fiscal pressures may hamper such efforts. The …

dependent variable. This paper empirically examines how immigration impacts a region’s policies and institutions. We find small … but positive increases in institutional quality as a result of immigration …

Canada’s immigration policy aims to promote economic development by selecting immigrants with high levels of human …-class immigrants, who are selected for their skills, are by far the largest group. The immigration system has been highly successful … language skills and a decline in returns to pre-immigration labour market experience. Canada has responded by modifying its …

We use recent immigration data from 195 countries and propose an index of population diversity based on people … uncorrelated with ethnic, linguistic or genetic diversity. Our main result is that the diversity of skilled immigration relates … ethno-linguistic and genetic fractionalization, geography, trade, education, institutions, and origin-effects capturing …

bringing under-represented groups more effectively into the labour market. Raising skills and lowering inequities in education …