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Imperfect Substitution between Immigrants and Natives : A Reappraisal
Borjas, George J. - 2008
In a recent paper, Ottaviano and Peri (2007a) report evidence that immigrant and native workers are not perfect substitutes within narrowly defined skill groups. The resulting complementarities have important policy implications because immigration may then raise the wage of many native-born...
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The Evolution of the Mexican-Born Workforce in the United States
Borjas, George J. - 2005
This paper examines the evolution of the Mexican-born workforce in the United States using data drawn from the … immigration to the United States in recent years. Interestingly, the share of Mexican immigrants in the U.S. workforce declined … Mexican immigrants in the U.S. workforce was at the 1920 level. The paper examines the trends in the relative skills and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467403
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The Mismeasurement of Work Time : Implications for Wage Discrimination and Inequality
Borjas, George J.; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
workforce. Over 20 percent give contradictory information about whether they usually work a full-time weekly schedule. Part of …
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