The introduction of immigration quotas in the 1920s fundamentally changed U.S. immigration policy. We exploit this … policy change to estimate the economic consequences of immigration restrictions for the U.S. economy. The implementation of …

policy. -- immigration ; selection ; immigration policy ; visa category ; point system …

of an immobile labour force and the eurosklerosis phenomenon. In such a situation, an economically motivated immigration …

The 1986 US Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) was directed at tackling the problem of growing unauthorized … reducing unauthorized migration to the US. Although primarily aiming at unauthorized immigration, the IRCA had substantial …

While the immigration policy in the United States is mainly oriented to family reunification, in Australia, Canada and … the United Kingdom. it is a points-based immigration system which main objective is to attract high skilled immigrants …. This paper compares both immigration policies through the transition for the United States and Mexico. I find that: (i) the …

Many European countries restrict immigration from new EU member countries. The rationale is to avoid adverse wage and …

This paper estimates the effects of immigration on wages of native workers at the national U.S. level. Following Borjas … account for the short run and long run adjustment of capital in response to immigration. Using our estimates and Census data … we find that immigration (1990-2006) had small negative effects in the short run on native workers with no high school …

emphasis on their advantages and disadvantages. The recent immigration policies of a number of major immigrant … and international students is discussed, as is and the recent emergence of two-step immigration policies that favor … temporary migrants already in the country as sources of permanent immigration. An overview of key results in the literature on …