In the 1980s, the wages and employment rates of less-skilled Americans fell relative to those of more-skilled workers … imports in the U.S. economy to these trends. Our empirical evidence indicates that both trade and immigration augmented the … immigration increased the effective supply of high school dropouts by 28 percent for men and 31 percent for women. We estimate …

cohorts. It would appear that employment at older ages could stagnate or even decrease. But several other factors will be …