natives' wages, and that skilled immigration can actually increase them. We develop a model with regional labor markets and … migrants are perfect substitutes within a firm. In this setting, a skilled labor supply shock due to immigration has two … but skill-biased on aggregate, skilled immigration can increase absolute and relative skilled wages. Therefore, firm …

previous literature. We distinguish between two types of migrants: labor and family migrants given their different labor market …. Controlling for the selective out-migration and endogeneity of labor supply, we find that labor out-migrants are positively … selected but family out-migrants are negatively selected. Furthermore, the findings underscore the importance of taking into …

attrition and missing wages are also addressed. Using German household panel surveys from 1984 to 2014 and home country …

distribution. We use this change in skill distribution of workers to analyze the effect of immigration on wages. Our model allows …, we find that, in line with much of the related empirical literature, immigration has a small effect on average real wages … different skill levels in all states, and that the effect of immigration on wages and wage inequality varies systematically with …