generate large enough flows of migrants or the right type of migrants to fill open positions in the labor market, they turn to …

possibility that without tight restrictions on migration, migrants from poor countries could transmit low productivity ("A" or … embodied in migrants; assimilation, the degree to which migrants' productivity determinants become like natives' over time in …

data and exploit exogenous variation in both immigration flows and diversity induced by former settlements, WWI and the … 1920s Immigration Acts. We find that co-ethnic networks play an important role in attracting immigrant inventors. However … become major receivers of migrant flows and, in a long-term perspective, have started thinking about immigration in terms of …

immigration …

redistributive welfare system might adjust as a result of immigration. In the first model, immigration has a larger impact on …-market determinants of immigration attitudes. In countries where natives are on average more skilled than immigrants, individual income is … negatively correlated with pro-immigration preferences, while individual skill is positively correlated with them. These …

We build a simple model of self-selection into migration and immigration policy determination. We first show that the … effect of any immigration policy can be decomposed into a size and a composition effect. We then explore how the optimal …

immigrants and the new society in their host country. Spread of migrants from the same origin in the diaspora may well increase …

migrants arrive. Thus, it is increasingly important to consider what role differences in culture and language play in migration …