I investigate the effect of attitudes toward migrants on the average skill composition of immigrants in destination … countries. A model is presented showing that negative attitudes toward migrants in general can reduce the average skill … attitudes. I use survey data on attitudes toward migrants as well as data on migrant stocks by education level and origin …

Canada's immigration system is currently undergoing significant change driven by several goals that include (1) a … market shortages often associated with commodity booms, and (3) a desire to shift immigration away from the three largest … cities to other regions of the country. These goals reflect the implementation of new immigration programs in the 2000s. The …

immigration policy. Our estimates suggest that the impact of increasing the share of university-educated immigrants on patenting …

We study immigration policy in a small receiving economy under self-selection of migrants. We show that a non …-discriminatory immigration policy choice affects and is affected by the migratory decisions of skilled and unskilled foreign workers. From this … interaction multiple equilibria may arise, which are driven by the natives' expectations on the welfare effects of immigration. In …

change in Complex/Non Complex task supply from natives and immigrants we find that immigration does not change much the …

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 …

labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more …In this chapter, we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and … our analysis of the local effects of immigration, and we describe several applications. We then discuss the empirical …

enter the country also expanded in the last decade. While immigration policy legislation towards Jewish migrants was formed … soon after its independence, Israel still lacks a coherent immigration policy towards labor migrants and asylum seekers. …Israel perceives the immigration of Jews as one of its major goals and thus it applies no selection rules towards them …