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 …

We investigate whether the dependence of immigrants on welfare benefits leads to opposition to further immigration by … natives lead to less favourable attitudes of natives towards immigration. Interestingly, we do not find similar stylised facts … for immigrants' attitudes towards immigration. …

We analyze the impact of immigration on voting. Using Italian municipality data and IV estimation strategy, we find … that immigration generates a sizable causal increase in votes for the centre-right coalition, which has a political … platform less favorable to immigrants. Additional findings are: big cities behave differently, with no impact of immigration on …