This paper estimates the effects of immigration on wages of native workers at the national US level. Following Borjas (2003) we focus on national labor markets for workers of different …
We classify the empirical literature on the wage impact of immigration into three groups, where studies in the first two groups estimate different relative effects, and studies in the third …
A Aydemir, GJ Borjas - Journal of Labor Economics, 2011 - journals.uchicago.edu
Although economic theory predicts an inverse relation between relative wages and immigration-induced supply shifts, it has been difficult to document such effects. The weak …
G Peri - Journal of economic perspectives, 2016 - aeaweb.org
Immigration has been a steady force acting on population and employment within countries throughout human history. Focusing on the last four decades, we show that the mix of …
GJ Borjas - Handbook of labor economics, 1999 - Elsevier
The study of labor flows across labor markets is a central ingredient in any discussion of labor market equilibrium. These labor flows help markets reach a more efficient allocation of …
We compare two approaches to analyzing the effects of immigration on the labor market and find that the estimated effect of immigration on US native labor outcomes depends critically …
MOST STUDIES OF the economic impact of immigration are motivated by the desire to understand how immigrants affect various dimensions of economic status in the population …
More immigrants entered the United States during the past decade than in any comparable period since the 1920's. Among the issues raised by this influx, none is as controversial as …
D Card - Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Labor demand curves slope down. 1 From this statement it is a short leap to the Malthusian proposition that an increase in the supply of workers reduces wages. So short is the leap, in …