Low and Highly Skilled Labor Immigration and Wage Inequality

Low and Highly Skilled Labor Immigration and Wage Inequality

Fears of rising income inequalities loom large in recent discussions of how globalization and in particular migration are affecting economies and societies [1]. This paper addresses the question how labor immigration is related to wage inequality by using a specific-factors trade model. We show that the impact of immigration of low or highly skilled labor on wage inequality depends mainly on th...

Immigration, Labor Market and Wage Inequality

Attitudes toward Highly Skilled and Low-skilled Immigration: Evidence from a Survey Experiment

Past research has emphasized two critical economic concerns that appear to generate anti-immigrant sentiment among native citizens: concerns about labor market competition and concerns about the fiscal burden on public services. We provide direct tests of both models of attitude formation using an original survey experiment embedded in a nationwide U.S. survey. The labor market competition mode...

trade liberalization and wage inequality between urban and rural labor

this study examins effects of trade liberalization on the wage inequality between urban and rural labor by utilizing the data of micro-level households’ income and expenditures surveys and trade statistics over 2001-2011. the analysis is carried based on the heckscher–ohlin’s theory in international trade and baker’s taste discrimination theory at firms. we use quantile regression and ordinary ...

How Low - skilled Immigration Is Changing US Prices and Labor Markets : Three Essays

This dissertation consists of three essays on the effects of low-skilled immigration on US prices and labor markets. The first essay uses confidential data from the Consumer Price Index to estimate the causal effect of low-skilled immigration on the prices of non-traded goods. Then, it combines wage and price effects with consumption patterns of native skill groups to determine the net benefits...