international transferability of immigrants' human capital, and undereducation to favorable selection in immigration. Comparisons …

of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all … geographical and cultural, immigration policies and migrant networks. Differentiating immigrants by their educational attainments …, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the …

same skills than natives. The level of downgrading could depend on the type of immigrant and numerous factors. This study …

and natives. This gives rise to wage differences between natives and migrants. As a consequence, firms with a higher share …Empirical evidence for the US shows that migrants increase the productivity of regions. To explain the impact of … migrants on the average firm productivity we construct a general equilibrium model with monopolistic competition a la Melitz …

This paper examines the wage and job satisfaction effects of over-education and overskilling among migrants graduating … from EU-15 based universities in 2005. Female migrants with shorter durations of domicile were found to have a higher … likelihood of overskilling. Newly arrived migrants incurred wage penalties which were exacerbated by additional penalties …

Public debate on immigration focuses on its effects on wages and employment, yet the discussion typically fails to … consider the effects of immigration on working conditions that affect workers' health. There is growing evidence that … immigrants are more likely than natives to work in risky jobs, as they are more inclined to take on physically intensive tasks …

The rise of immigration into Ireland has been accompanied by a debate on the potential objectives of immigration policy …. This paper beings with a survey of international and historical evidence on the economics of immigration policy. To place … Irish immigration in the international context, a recent OECD data set is used to compare the education of Irish immigrants …

The rise of immigration into Ireland has been accompanied by a debate on the potential objectives of immigration policy …. This paper beings with a survey of international and historical evidence on the economics of immigration policy. To place … Irish immigration in the international context, a recent OECD data set is used to compare the education of Irish immigrants …

Learning about the impact of immigration on the labor market outcomes of natives is a topic of major concern for … the task specialization and occupational distribution of natives of the same gender. -- Immigration ; gender ; task … immigrant-receiving countries. There exists an extensive literature evaluating the impact of immigration on the employment and …

low skill occupations. Basic economic theory thus suggests that immigration has led to a compression of the wage …