In this chapter, we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and … labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more … our analysis of the local effects of immigration, and we describe several applications. We then discuss the empirical …

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 …

is likely to over-emphasize technology-based adjustments. -- immigration ; endogenous technological change ; firm …

We study the effects of high skilled immigration on employment and net income in the receiving economy where the market … empirical fact that high and low skilled workers are close albeit imperfect substitutes, we show that high skilled immigration … improvement can be achieved if the unemployment benifit level remains unaffected by high skilled immigration whereas an overall …

This paper explores the effects of high skilled immigration to a host country with unionized low skilled labor and an … unemployment insurance scheme. We show that such immigration can create a negative immigration surplus due to adverse effects on …

This paper explores the effects of high skilled immigration to a host country with unionized low skilled labor and an … unemployment insurance scheme. We show that such immigration can create a negative immigration surplus due to adverse effects on …

We study the effects of high skilled immigration on employment and net income in the receiving economy where the market … empirical fact that high and low skilled workers are close albeit imperfect substitutes, we show that high skilled immigration … improvement can be achieved if the unemployment benefit level remains unaffected by high skilled immigration whereas an overall …

operationalize this indirect fiscal effect in a model of immigration and the labor market. We derive closed-form expressions for this … effect that has previously been documented. This challenges the perception of low-skilled immigration as a fiscal burden. …