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the entry of women into the labor force. We both find a much lower wage elasticity than Borjas to immigration (-0.2), and …The debate over the wage effects of immigration for native workers is an old one. One side of the debate claims that … immigration has little if any negative impact on wages among natives, whereas others suggest that immigration has large, negative …
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the entry of women into the labor force. We both find a much lower wage elasticity than Borjas to immigration (-0.2) and …The debate over the wage effects of immigration for native workers is an old one. One side of the debate claims that … immigration has little if any negative impact on wages among natives, whereas others suggest that immigration has large, negative …
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We document a steady decline in low-skilled immigration that began with the onset of the Great Recession in 2007, which … estimate a stochastic growth model with endogenous immigration and training to account for these facts and study macroeconomic … performance and welfare. Lower immigration leads to higher wages for low-skilled workers and higher consumer prices. Importantly …
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participation and creating worker shortages in high-demand industries. In this context, immigration will help reduce costs in key … inequality. Reforms should therefore modestly increase overall immigration over time, while shifting its composition somewhat … toward more-skilled and labor-market-driven migrants. These reforms should occur within the broader context of "comprehensive …
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wage of French women, but led to a sizable decline in their employment rate. In contrast, immigration had little impact on … immigration and female wages arises partly because the native women who left the labor force had relatively low wages. Adjusting …, mechanically changing the average native wage in affected markets and biasing the estimated wage impact of immigration. We document …
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This paper presents evidence that since 1980, relative to other immigrants, the earnings of Taiwanese immigrants have grown rapidly as they assimilate into the U.S. economy. Our estimates indicate that the rising returns to education, pre-migration experience and hours worked per week play...
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