The paper analyses the welfare effects of immigration when some sectors of the economy are characterized by wage … bargaining between unions and employers. We show that immigration is unambiguously beneficial if the wage elasticity of labor … immigrat ion is ambiguous; little immigration then reduces the native population's welfare, whereas large scale immigration …

In recent years, Germany and other European countries face the strongest immigration flow in their history. Experts … arrivals. This paper investigates the impact of low-skilled immigration on a unionized economy with labor market frictions. It … especially examines how immigration affects the technology choice of firms and, thereby, the technological alignment of the host …

immigration. The dynamics and underlying processes of setting immigration requirements remain unclear as research so far mainly … different levels of perceived migrant potential and public debate shape immigration requirements. We employ the minimal group … paradigm and immigration requirements are set by in-group voting. Our results suggest that fairness and efficiency of …

This paper estimates the quarterly flow of migrants to the US working age population using data based on the Current … Population Survey (CPS). The dynamic responses to immigration shocks are estimated in a vector autoregression. Immigration shocks …, as well as technology shocks are identified through long-run restrictions. The responses to immigration shocks are …