The study of labor flows across labor markets is a central ingredient in any discussion of
labor market equilibrium. These labor flows help markets reach a more efficient allocation of …

This article reviews the recent evidence on US immigration, focusing on two key
questions:(1) Does immigration reduce the labour market opportunities of less skilled …

Immigration is not evenly balanced across groups of workers who have the same education
but differ in their work experience, and the nature of the supply imbalance changes over …

This article uses 1990 census data to study the effects of immigrant inflows on occupation-
specific labor market outcomes. I find that intercity mobility rates of natives and earlier …

For several decades, Mexican immigrants in the United States have outnumbered those
from any other country. Though the economy increasingly needs their labor, many remain …

The first text that specifically links both international and internal migration with development
at a global level. The world is divided into a series of functionally integrated development …

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical study of how immigration influences the joint
determination of the wage structure and internal migration behavior for native-born workers …

Abstract We review Immigration Economics by George J. Borjas, published in 2014 by
Harvard University Press. The book is written as a graduate-level textbook, and summarizes …

The rise in immigration that followed the lifting of national-origin quotas in 1965 has led to
significant changes in the size and composition of the US population. Despite the …

In the first part of this paper, we present a stylized model of the labour market impact of
immigration. We then discuss mechanisms through which an economy can adjust to …