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 …

affect labour markets in the EU, namely i) trade, ii) foreign direct investment, and iii) migration. A main conclusion of the … study is that trade and capital movements are very unlikely to lead to an equalisation of factor prices. Thus, strong … associated with Eastern enlargement drawing on a time series model of immigration to Germany, which allows to estimate the long …

, testing for the importance of pairwise country links as well as characteristics of the receiving country (trade and financial … open- ness, exchange rate regime, fiscal variables). We find that trade integration fosters the spill-over of business … cycles, both bilaterally and as a country characteristic (trade openness). Results for financial integration are mixed …

This paper provides evidence of the effect of immigration-based networks on German trade. Germany presents a particular … migration policy. According to our results, we find no trade creating effect from migrant networks on exports but on imports …

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 …

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 …