Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P; Peri, Giovanni - 2007
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 …
