How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it … possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation … immigration does not, but rather reduces the share of offshored jobs instead. Moreover, since both phenomena have a positive "cost …

How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it … possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation … immigration does not, but rather reduces the share of offshored jobs instead. Moreover, since both phenomena have a positive "cost …

We examine a little-known restriction on high-skill immigration to the United States, the Exchange Visitor Skills List …

in the population increases patents per capita by 6%. This could be an overestimate of immigration's benefit if immigrant … subsequent national increase in skilled immigrants from these regions. -- Immigration ; innovation …

This paper estimates the effects of immigration on wages of native workers at the national U.S. level. Following Borjas … account for the short run and long run adjustment of capital in response to immigration. Using our estimates and Census data … we find that immigration (1990-2006) had small negative effects in the short run on native workers with no high school …

weekly earnings of male university-educated immigrants in all three countries concomitant with skilled immigration policy … immigrants. Given that there is increasingly little to distinguish the skilled immigration policies of these countries, we …

Public debate on immigration focuses on its effects on wages and employment, yet the discussion typically fails to … consider the effects of immigration on working conditions that affect workers' health. There is growing evidence that …. Recent studies show that as immigration rises, native workers are pushed into less demanding jobs. Such market adjustments …

We examine the ability of immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration. We … less intently on manual skills. Following immigration, they find initial employment in occupations that require the …