This paper analyzes the issues of immigration and outsourcing in a general-equilibrium model of international factor … mobility. In our model, legal immigration is controlled through a quota, while outsourcing is determined both by the firms (in … response to market conditions) and through policy-imposed barriers. A loosening of the immigration quota reduces outsourcing …

This paper analyzes the issues of immigration and outsourcing in a general-equilibrium model of international factor … mobility. In our model, legal immigration is controlled through a quota, while outsourcing is determined both by the firms (in … response to market conditions) and through policy-imposed barriers. A loosening of the immigration quota reduces outsourcing …

The paper assesses the trade-creating impact of foreign-born residents on the international imports and exports of the … French regions where they are settled. The pro-trade effect of immigrants is investigated along two intertwined dimensions …: the complexity of traded goods and the quality of institutions in partner countries. The trade-enhancing impact of …

The paper assesses the trade-creating impact of foreign-born residents on the international imports and exports of the … French regions where they are settled. The pro-trade effect of immigrants is investigated along two intertwined dimensions …: the complexity of traded goods and the quality of institutions in partner countries. The trade-enhancing impact of …

participation and creating worker shortages in high-demand industries. In this context, immigration will help reduce costs in key … inequality. Reforms should therefore modestly increase overall immigration over time, while shifting its composition somewhat …

This paper reviews the evidence on the effects of less-skilled immigration to the U.S., and their implications for … immigration reform. It begins with a review of the costs of less-skilled immigration, in terms of competition to native …-born American workers; and the benefits of such immigration in the form of lower consumer prices, higher employer profits, and …

This article studies whether immigration in voter's neighborhoods is a driving factor of the rise of Germany's major … small-scale immigration data, election data, and a set of socioeconomic factors. Our main finding states that the local … immigration boosted AFD votes but did not affect CDU votes directly. Instead, in regions that perceived immigration indirectly …

international trade, we propose in this paper to assess the impact of Algerian immigration networks on Algerian exports. It is clear … and Morocco. Its role in the international trade of Algeria has never been object of evaluation study. In line with the … recent literature developed since the 1990s, through the work of Gould (1994), on the relationship between immigration and …

immigration policy over the last decade. Unlike previous studies, I analyze the evolution over time of these two types of … essentially on how immigration is perceived to affect wages and net welfare benefits. Specifically, I find that, when immigrants …

The labor market "quality" of immigrants is a subject of debate among immigration researchers, and a major public … in the immigration flows from different countries, sampling error, and the effects of emigration - is fundamentally …