Immigration Policy: Political or Economic?

Briggs, Jr. Vernon M.

doi:10.1080/05775132.1991.11471530

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“…Critics of U.S. immigration policy argue that the economy of the United States cannot absorb immigrants as in the past (Briggs, 1984;Huddle, 1993). To support this claim, they point to the stagnant wages, slow job growth, and declining incomes of less-skilled workers ( L a m and Imhoff, 1985;Huddle, 1993).…”

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Effects of Immigrants on the 1980–1990 U.S. Wage Experience

Enchautegui

1995

Contemporary Economic Policy

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This paper questions the claim that U.S. immigration should be reduced because the economy can no longer absorb immigrants as it has in the past. Analysis of male hourly wages shows that the effect of immigration on wages did not change between 1980 and 1990. Further, immigration had no negative effects on wages in 1980 or 1990. These results suggest that the capacity of the labor market to absorb immigrants has not been reduced. Additional analysis shows that, controlling for personal characteristics, the hourly wages of the average native and immigrant worker in areas of high and medium immigration relative to areas of low immigration increased between 1980 and 1990. However, Latino immigrants are affected negatively by immigration. Copyright 1995 Western Economic Association International.

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confidence: 99%