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The effects of high-skilled immigration policy on firms : evidence from visa lotteries
Doran, Kirk B.; Gelber, Alexander M.; Isen, Adam - 2022
We compare winning and losing firms in lotteries for H-1B visas, matching administrative data on these lotteries to administrative tax data on U.S. firms and to approved U.S. patents. Winning one additional H-1B visa crowds out about 1.5 other workers at the firm. Additional H-1Bs have...
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Immigration and wages : new evidence from the African American Great Migration
Gardner, John - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 5 (2016) 22, pp. 1-45
aggregate Northern labor market to provide new evidence on the effects of the Great Migration on wages in the North, redoubling … the evidence that it caused large declines in wages for blacks, with little effect for whites. The agreement between my … local and aggregate wage effect estimates has implications for our general understanding of how immigration and wages are …
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The Dynamic Impact of Immigration on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes : Evidence from Israel
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, Marco Daniele - 2004
outcomes. Specifically, we attempt to distinguish between the short-run and long-run effects of immigrants on natives? wages … alternative hypotheses using data from Israel?s Labor Force and Income Surveys from 1989 to 1999. We find that wages of both men … segment. A 10 percent increase in the share of immigrants lowers natives? wages in the short run by 1 to 3 percent, but this …
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Mass Migration to Israel and Natives? Transitions from Employment
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, Marco Daniele - 2004
This paper studies the impact of mass migration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel on natives? probability of moving from employment to non-employment in a segmented labor market that is defined by various combinations of schooling, occupation, industry, district of residence and experience....
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Musn't grumble: Immigration, health and health service use in the UK and Germany
Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2012
A rise in population caused by increased immigration is sometimes accompanied by concerns that the increase in population puts additional or differential pressure on welfare services which might affect the net fiscal contribution of immigrants. The UK and Germany have experienced significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289976
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Musn't grumble : immigration, health and health service use in the UK and Germany
Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2012
A rise in population caused by increased immigration is sometimes accompanied by concerns that the increase in population puts additional or differential pressure on welfare services which might affect the net fiscal contribution of immigrants. The UK and Germany have experienced significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009620940
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Effects of immigration on labour markets and government budgets : an overview
Leibfritz, Willi; O'Brien, Paul Sherlock; Dumont, … - 2003
The paper provides an overview on recent trends of immigration in OECD countries and on the possible effects of immigration on labour markets and government budgets. It also discusses migration policies from an economic point of view. By bringing together a bulk of international literature on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506210
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Musn't Grumble : Immigration, Health and Health Service Use in the UK and Germany
Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2012
A rise in population caused by increased immigration is sometimes accompanied by concerns that the increase in population puts additional or differential pressure on welfare services which might affect the net fiscal contribution of immigrants. The UK and Germany have experienced significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099733
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Musn't grumble : immigration, health and health service use in the UK and Germany
Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2013
A rise in population caused by increased immigration, is sometimes accompanied by concerns that the increase in population puts additional or differential pressure on welfare services which might affect the net fiscal contribution of immigrants. The UK and Germany have experienced significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009738188
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Mass Migration to Israel and Natives' Transitions from Employment
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, M. Daniele - 2021
This paper studies the impact of mass migration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel on natives' probability of moving from employment to non-employment in a segmented labor market that is defined by various combinations of schooling, occupation, industry, district of residence and experience....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319030