We classify the empirical literature on the wage impact of immigration into three groups,
where studies in the first two groups estimate different relative effects, and studies in the third …

This paper analyses the effect immigration has on the wages of native workers. Unlike most
previous work, we estimate wage effects along the distribution of native wages. We derive a …

This paper estimates the effects of immigration on wages of native workers at the national
US level. Following Borjas (2003) we focus on national labor markets for workers of different …

The literature on the impact of immigration on the labor market is highly controversial. The
aim of this paper is to review the existing literature and draw some general conclusions on …

Labor demand curves slope down. 1 From this statement it is a short leap to the Malthusian
proposition that an increase in the supply of workers reduces wages. So short is the leap, in …

This paper studies the short and medium run impact of highly skilled immigrants from the
Former Soviet Union to Israel on natives' wages and employment. If immigrants are relatively …

Previous research has reached mixed conclusions about the effect of higher levels of
immigration on the wages of natives. This paper reexamines this question using data from …

In our increasingly interconnected and open world, international migration is becoming an
important socioeconomic phenomenon for many countries. Since the early 1980s, many …

Recent influential empirical work has emphasized the negative impact immigrants have on
the wages of US-born workers, arguing that immigration harms less educated American …

The effect that immigration has on labor markets in the receiving countries, and in particular
on wages, is one of the most debated questions on immigration. A key challenge in …