register data for the period 1975-97 do not confirm the hypothesis that penetration of migrants into skill cells has a … rise of the share of immigrants in the workforce would in general reduce wages by less than one percent and not increase … unemployment. Though the adverse effects appear stronger for less-qualified and older workers, the evidence altogether sharply …

register data for the period 1975-1997 do not confirm the hypothesis that penetration of migrants into skill cells has a … rise of the share of immigrants in the workforce would in general reduce wages by less than one percent and not increase … unemployment. Though the adverse effects appear stronger for less-qualified and older workers, the evidence altogether sharply …

-experiment is a legal requirement for employers to demand native labor with infinite elasticity at the wage earned by migrants; the …

informal sector employing both legal and illegal immigrants, and open unemployment. The model focuses on the productivity … enhancing effects of legalization, and establishes specific conditions under which unemployment, the informal sector and the …. We study who are migrants; among migrants, who are legalized via IRCA, and who are legalized via sponsorship of family or …