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The impact of amnesty on labor market outcomes: A panel study using the legalized population survey
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Bansak, Cynthia - 2011
, employment fell and unemployment rose for newly legalized men relative to the comparison group of already legal U.S. residents …. For women, employment also fell and transitions out of the workforce increased among the newly legalized population …. Increasing returns to skill, as captured by English proficiency, only played an important role in explaining the employment of …
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The economic integration of immigrants in the United States: Lessons for policy
Borjas, George J. - 2003
The most important economic feature of immigration to the United States in the post- 1965 period has been a significant deterioration in the economic performance of successive immigrant waves. The policy reaction to this trend would obviously differ if the entry wage disadvantage disappeared...
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Recent trends in the earnings of new immigrants to the United States
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 reversed in the 1990s, with newcomers doing as well in...
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The shift to remote work lessens wage-growth pressures
Barrero, Jose Maria; Bloom, Nicholas; Davis, Steven J.; … - 2022
The recent shift to remote work raised the amenity value of employment. As compensation adjusts to share the amenity …
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