Abstract
This dissertation studies the interaction of immigration and fiscal policy. Chapter 1 establishes patterns of fertility, education, earnings for both immigrants and their children. Chapter 2 studies the substitutability of similarly qualified immigrants, as measured by educational attainment and degree field, and natives in production. I find a much greater degree of imperfect substitutability than previous literature and as a result can show the effects of previous immigration on the wages of unskilled workers is close to 0. Chapter 3 incorporates the findings from chapters 1 and 2 into a calibrated general equilibrium model with which I can run a number of immigration policy experiments. Using this framework I show that omitting the correlation between the skills of parents and their children will likely understate the effects of any immigration policy change in the U.S.
Description
University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. June 2019. Major: Economics. Advisor: Ellen McGrattan. 1 computer file (PDF); v, 82 pages.
Suggested Citation
Bradley, David.
(2019).
Essays on Immigration.
Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy,
https://hdl.handle.net/11299/206326.