Irregular migrants are undoubtedly a vulnerable group from a factual point of view. Nonetheless, whether they can be conceptualised as a vulnerable group, from a legal point of view under European law, remains a much more debated issue. The legal implications of the recognition of a vulnerable...

This paper exploits the episode provided by the mass migration from the former Soviet Union to Israel in the 1990s to study the effect high skill immigration on productivity. Using a unique data set on manufacturing firms, I investigate directly whether firms and industries with a higher...