Recent influential empirical work has emphasized the negative impact immigrants have on the wages of U.S.-born workers … impact of the relative skill levels of immigrants on the relative wages of U.S. workers. However, contrary to the findings of … previous literature, overall immigration generates a large positive effect on the average wages of U.S.-born workers. We show …

Recent influential empirical work has emphasized the negative impact immigrants have on the wages of U.S.-born workers … impact of the relative skill levels of immigrants on the relative wages of U.S. workers. However, contrary to the findings of … previous literature, overall immigration generates a large positive effect on the average wages of U.S.-born workers. We show …

high school degree). A precise assessment of the average and relative effects of immigrants on U.S. wages, however, needs … adjustment of physical capital induced by immigration, the conventional finding of immigration's impact on native wages is turned … on its head: overall immigration over the 1980-2000 period significantly increased the average wages of U.S.-born workers …

high school degree). A precise assessment of the average and relative effects of immigrants on U.S. wages, however, needs … adjustment of physical capital induced by immigration, the conventional finding of immigration's impact on native wages is turned … on its head: overall immigration over the 1980- 2000 period significantly increased the average wages of U …