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From Immigrants to Robots : The Changing Locus of Substitutes for Workers

Borjas, George J. - 2019

Increased use of robots has roused concern about how robots and other new technologies change the world of work. Using numbers of robots shipped to primarily manufacturing industries as a supply shock to an industry labor market, we estimate that an additional robot reduces employment and wages...

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What Does Global Expansion of Higher Education Mean for the US?

Freeman, Richard B. - 2009

education overseas is that the US has come to rely extensively on the immigration of highly educated persons to maintain a lead …

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People Flows in Globalization

Freeman, Richard B. - 2006

People flows refers to the movement of people across international borders in the form of immigration, international … citizens of immigrant-receiving countries benefit most from immigration. The paper considers "radically economic policies" such … as auctioning immigration visas or charging sizeable fees and spending the funds on current residents to increase the …

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On the Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Trade

Borjas, George J. - 1991

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 … school dropouts between 1980 and 1988 can be attributed to the trade and immigration flows. In addition, our analysis …

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Immigration and the work force : economic consequences for the United States and source areas

Borjas, George J. (ed.); Freeman, Richard B. (contributor) - 1992

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Career Patterns of College Graduates in a Declining Job Market

Freeman, Richard B. - 1981

This study uses Current Population Survey cohort data and the National Longitudinal Survey for men aged 14-24 in 1966 to examine the earnings growth of college graduates relative to high school graduates during the 1970s depressed market for graduates. The principal finding is that the...

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Worker Needs and Voice in the US and the UK

Bryson, Alex - 2006

Workers have responded differently to declining union density in the US and UK. US workers have unfilled demand for unions whereas many UK workers free-ride at unionized workplaces. To explain this difference, we create a scalar measure of worker needs for representation and relate desire for...

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Searching for the EU Social Dialogue Model

Freeman, Richard B. - 2006

The European Union and the United States operate different variants of market capitalism. The EU model uses social …

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Evaluating the European View that the US has No Unemployment Problem

Freeman, Richard B. - 1988

This study contrasts the labor market performance of the U.S. and OECD Europe in the 1980s and critically evaluates the view that the U.S. has generated more jobs because its labor market is more 'flexible'. The study finds that the greater employment expansion in the U.S. was associated with...

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Immigration, International Collaboration, and Innovation : Science and Technology Policy in the Global Economy

Freeman, Richard B. - 2014

the changing global world of science and technology. These include aligning immigration policies more closely to the …

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