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Does immigration affect wages? A look at occupation-level evidence

Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta - 2003

Previous research has reached mixed conclusions about whether higher levels of immigration reduce the wages of natives. This paper reexamines this question using data from the Current Population Survey and the Immigration and Naturalization Service and focuses on differential effects by skill...

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The labor market experience and impact of undocumented workers

Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Quispe-Agnoli, Myriam - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta - 2008

Using administrative data from the state of Georgia, the authors find that average wages among documented workers are lower in industries that employ undocumented workers and that a greater share of undocumented workers in those industries further lowers wages. In addition, undocumented workers...

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Race, wages, and assimilation among Cuban immigrants

Zavodny, Madeline - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta - 2003

determinants of earnings among male Cuban immigrants in the United States by race. Nonwhite Cuban immigrants earn about 15 percent … immigrants also have lower returns to education than whites. A comparison to white, non-Hispanic U.S. natives indicates that …

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Self-selection among undocumented immigrants from Mexico

Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta - 2001

This paper examines the effect of changes in migration determinants on the skill level of undocumented immigrants from … Mexican economic conditions are associated with a decline in the average educational levels of undocumented immigrants …. Stricter border enforcement is associated with higher average skill levels. Access to a network of previous immigrants appears …

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