This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to study labor market assimilation of self …

inequality, and (2) growth in both the size and the diversity of immigration flows. Because a large share of new immigrants … American economy. In this chapter, we first place this concern in context by briefly describing the history of US immigration …, and the impact of immigration on the earnings and employment opportunities of native workers. We show that immigrants have …

capital and, in particular, language proficiency for socio-economic assimilation. …

This paper examines effects of the U.S. Immigration Act of 1990 on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and … STEM flows. We find that the Immigration Act changed natives' skill investment and utilization in three ways: (1) it pushed …

We empirically analyze the impact of immigration to the U.S. on the share of votes to the Republicans and Democrats … average across election types, immigration to the U.S. has a significant and negative impact on the Republican vote share … House – works through two main channels. The impact of immigration on Republican votes in the House is negative when the …

-migration experience and hours worked per week play pivotal roles for their relatively successful economic assimilation. We investigate the …

We review the growing literature on the political effects of immigration. After a brief summary of the economics of … immigration, we turn to the main focus of the paper: how immigrants influence electoral outcomes in receiving countries, and why …. We start from the "standard" view that immigration triggers political backlash and raises support for nativist, anti …