levels—do not significantly affect native employment in the short term and boost employment in the long term. …

of the four potential drivers of this puzzle, namely competition, education, labour market flexibility and the size of …

result was partly to be expected, and therefore the effect of immigrants on native employment is analyzed here. Two aspects … employment into unemployment; ii) job-search effectiveness measured by the probability of moving from unemployment into … employment within one year. The quarterly Labour Force Survey data (ISTAT) from 1993 to 1997 was used. The transition …

result has led to the present paper which analyses the effect of immigrants on native employment. Two aspects of being … unemployed are considered: i) displacement risk, the probability of moving from employment into unemployment; and ii) job …-search effectiveness, the probability of moving from unemployment into employment within one year. The quarterly Labour Force Survey data …

employment in the local markets, which increased by 40%, can be attributed to the deregulation. …