Abstract
This chapter tests the argument that trade and firm mobility affect the number of firms that use low-skill labor, and thus affect the level of support for low-skill immigration, by analyzing immigration policy across nineteen countries over 200 years. Focusing on the political dilemma that policymakers face with greater globalization, the chapter examines two of the implications of the argument. The first implication is that the increasing ability to trade should lead to greater immigration restrictions. Second, the increased ability of firms to move production overseas should also lead to increased restrictions on low-skill immigration. The chapter also shows how immigration policy has changed and compares it to the evolution of trade openness and firm mobility across two centuries.
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