The call for papers for The Economic Journal special issue ‘Labor Market Effects of Immigration with Micro Data’ is now open. The deadline for submissions is 15 October 2025.
Editors:
Alberto Bisin (New York University: alberto.bisin@nyu.edu) and Joan Monras (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, CREI, and BSE: joan.monras@upf.edu)
Overview
The effect of immigration on employment and wages is one of the most fundamental issues in labor economics. A large literature has addressed this issue focusing on estimates of the elasticity of the labor demand curve. However, numerous mechanisms shape the labor market response to a flow of immigrants. Besides its effect on the wage rate, immigration possibly affects the composition of workers active in the economy and changes the mix of factors of production. Importantly, the labor market structure is a fundamental determinant of the shape of observed employment and wages adjustments.
To advance our understanding of the economic effects of immigration a recent literature in economics introduces novel micro data – e.g., matched employer–employee data or individual panel data – and analyzes it with new theory and new empirical strategies – e.g., allowing for firm level variation and firm heterogeneity, and various forms of labor market power.
This special issue aims at collecting papers on this frontier, which helps explore how wages and employment adjust to immigrant-induced labor supply shocks.
Submission information
- Submissions must be made using the Journal’s online submission system.
- It is important to select the Special Issue when you reach the Article Type step and to include a note indicating this in a covering letter.
- Please do not indicate a handling editor preference during submission.
- All papers will be subject to the Journal’s normal peer review process and the submission fee policy.
- Please note there are no submission fee refunds for desk rejections, and special issue submissions are not automatically considered for publication in a regular issue of the Journal. If you are unsure your paper matches the scope of the issue as set out above, please contact the Editors prior to submitting.
- Please consult the Journal’s instructions to authors before submitting.
- Short papers (see section 3.1 of instructions to authors) are also welcome.
- If you have questions regarding the submission process, please contact the Editorial Office: ej@editorialoffice.co.uk and reference the Special Issue.
Deadline: 15 October 2025