Borjas, George J.; Friedberg, Rachel M. - 2009
This paper studies long-term trends in the labor market performance of immigrants in the United States, using the 1960 …-2000 PUMS and 1994-2009 CPS. While there was a continuous decline in the earnings of new immigrants 1960-1990, the trend … policy toward high-skill workers matched with jobs, an increase in the earnings of immigrants from Mexico, and a decline in …
