Are Immigrants More Left-Leaning than Natives?

Are Immigrants More Mobile Than Natives? Evidence From Germany

Low rates of internal migration in many European countries contribute to the persistence of signi…cant regional labor market di¤erences. I use the Mikrozensus, a large annual sample of households living in Germany, to further our understanding of the underlying reasons. This paper makes two main contributions: …rst, the paper quanti…es the disutility of migrating. To this end, I estimate condit...

Are Natives and Immigrants Different? Job Search Methods and Wages: Are Natives and Immigrants Different?

Differences in job search behaviour and access to high quality informal networks may be an important reason why immigrants fare worse than natives in many European labour markets. In this study, we design and conduct a survey of newly hired workers in the Swedish labour market to analyse if there are ethnic differences in the choice of search intensity/methods and in the successful search metho...

Health Affairs On Health Care Unauthorized Immigrants Spend Less Than Other Immigrants And US Natives

Unauthorized immigrants and other immigrants who have been in the United States for less than five years have few options for accessing health care through public programs. In light of the ongoing national debate about immigration reform and the impact of the Affordable Care Act on immigrants, we examined differences in health care spending by nativity and legal status using Medical Expenditure...

Are Local Filters Blind to Provenance? Ant Seed Predation Suppresses Exotic Plants More than Natives

The question of whether species' origins influence invasion outcomes has been a point of substantial debate in invasion ecology. Theoretically, colonization outcomes can be predicted based on how species' traits interact with community filters, a process presumably blind to species' origins. Yet, exotic plant introductions commonly result in monospecific plant densities not commonly seen in nat...

Correction: Are Local Filters Blind to Provenance? Ant Seed Predation Suppresses Exotic Plants More than Natives