D'Albis and Boubtane provide empirical evidence on the macroeconomic and fiscal consequences of international migration for OECD countries. The authors use a panel of 19 countries over the period 1980-2015 to study the effects of increases in the net migration rate on per capita GDP and on both...

Barker discusses the economics of migrants experiencing brain waste. Brain waste, including underemployment, occurs when the country hosting a skilled migrant fails to fully recognise the skills of the worker. The workers experience a skill-job mismatch, relatively higher unemployment, or weaker...

Prior empirical research shows that acculturation in the host country might be positively related to immigrants? labor market outcomes. However, whether acculturation helps highly educated immigrants in the labor market is in question, as they have completed a significant fraction of human...