society. The paper suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under standard …

This paper investigates the role that pre-immigration skills play in immigrants job-finding processes in Germany. We … empirical evidence by studying the labour-market integration process of Ethnic Germans, one of the largest immigration groups in …

An important goal of immigration policy is facilitating the entry and supply of workers whose skills are scarce in … whether and how the response of immigrants to skill demand changed when Switzerland abolished immigration restrictions for …

This paper studies whether skilled migrants contribute to the host country's 'productive efficiency' (Farrell, 1957 …) using input-output and immigration sectoral data for seven industries in twelve countries during the period 1999-2001. We … find that skilled migrants contribute positively to a country's productive efficiency with the exception of the finance …

I study how access to foreign skilled workers affects corporate investment. Restrictions on high-skilled immigration …