immigrants to be favorably selected, although this is less intense under the later criteria. The overall favorable selectivity of … immigrants, therefore, depends on the favorable selectivity of the supply of immigrants and the criteria used to ration …

immigrants' stock. On the other hand, there is an increase in regularization, i.e., European policies are becoming less tight … relax limits for immigrants in order to control migration inflows better. To this end, we use a real option approach to … the government has in mind a specific upper bound on immigrants, and the policies adopted (admission requirements or …

impact of immigration on entrepreneurial activity. Immigrants, we hypothesize, facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by … capital not immediately valued in the U.S. labor market is useful for learning new skills. Because immigrants face a lower … opportunity cost of investing in new skills or methods, this "transfer" of source-specific skills to the U.S. may lead immigrants …

immigrants, especially if one meets (non-western) foreigners at work and school. Contact with foreigners while going out … decreases the preference for immigrants. The ethnic composition of the neighbourhood in which one lives does not ex!ert a …