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Do immigrant workers depress the wages of native workers? : short-term wage effects of immigrants are close to zero : and in the long term immigrants can boost productivity and wag...

Peri, Giovanni - 2014

Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers … countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and only modest effects on wage differentials between more and less … educated immigrant and native workers. Native workers' wages have been insulated by differences in skills, adjustments in local …

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Skill-based immigration, economic integration, and economic performance : benefiting from highly skilled immigrants requires a complementary mix of immigrant selection and economic...

Aydemir, Abdurrahman - 2014

Studies for major immigrant-receiving countries provide evidence on the comparative economic performance of immigrant classes (skill-, kinship-, and humanitarian-based). Developed countries are increasingly competing for high-skilled immigrants, who perform better in the labor market. However,...

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Overeducation, skill mismatches, and labor market outcomes for college graduates : overskilling or overskilling plus overeducation are more likely than overeducation alone to harm...

Sloane, Peter J. - 2014

dynamics, and its relationship to wages, job satisfaction, and job mobility requires panel data, which can reach more nuanced …

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Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society? : education benefits individuals, but the societal benefits are likely even greater

Winters, John V. - 2015

Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may exceed individual benefits. Research finds that increased average education levels in an area are correlated with higher earnings, even for locals with relatively little...

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Offshoring and the migration of jobs : offshoriing has little net effect on domestic employment, while pushing domestic workers toward more complex jobs

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. - 2015

The impact of offshoring on domestic jobs is more complicated than it first appears. In the standard narrative, offshoring production is thought to harm domestic workers by providing cheap alternative sources of labor. However, while offshoring may directly displace domestic workers, the...

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