We argue that the arrival of immigrants with low reservation wages can strengthen the monopsony power of firms. Firms … can exploit "cheap" migrant labor by offering lower wages, though at the cost of forgoing potential native hires who … demand higher wages. This monopsonistic trade-off can lead to large negative effects on native employment, which exceed those …

immigration and female wages arises partly because the native women who left the labor force had relatively low wages. Adjusting …, mechanically changing the average native wage in affected markets and biasing the estimated wage impact of immigration. We document … wage of French women, but led to a sizable decline in their employment rate. In contrast, immigration had little impact on …

individual wages, workers' group size, workforce diversity, and productivity spillovers in firms …