Undocumented immigration and income inequality in the native-born population of the US: econometric evidence

Winegarden, C. R.; Khor, Lay Boon

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“…Most other studies have found a relatively small effect of immigration on native wages (e.g. Borjas, 1987a;Butcher and Card, 1991;Winegarden and Khor, 1993). The evidence indicates that there has been no adverse effect on the native labour market, in terms of increased unemployment (Withers and Pope, 1985; Pope or lower wages (Withers, 1987; see also Simon, 1989;Borjas, 1993b;Muhleisen and Zimmermann, 1994) giving an almost unanimous verdict: migrants do not take natives' jobs or reduce their incomes.…”

Section: (Iii) Effects Of Migrationmentioning

confidence: 94%

Migration Theories and Evidence: An Assessment

Ghatak

Levine

Price

1996

Journal of Economic Surveys

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This paper presents a critical survey of theories of migration, their welfare and policy implications and their empirical relevance. We also develop some extensions to the theory beginning with the Hams and Todaro (HT) model. In particular, the HT model is extended to examine risk averse behaviour within families where the migration of members of families serves to diversify risk. The welfare implications of the individual migration decision and government intervention in the form of employment subsidies are examined. Recent evidence on international migration is presented. It is shown that migration does not flow automatically in response to wage differentials. Characteristics of migrants and the process of self-selection are found to be important determinants of the rate of migration.

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Section: (Iii) Effects Of Migrationmentioning

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Migration Theories and Evidence: An Assessment

Ghatak

Levine

Price

1996

Journal of Economic Surveys

181

106

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“…Most empirical studies (as suggested by Ghatak et al, 1996) have found a relatively small effect of immigration on wages and employment of native workers (e.g. Borjas, 1987;Butcher, Card, 1991;Winegarden, Khor, 1993). The evidence indicates that there has been no adverse effect on the native labour market in terms of increased unemployment (Withers, Pope 1985 or lower wages (Borjas, 1993;Muhleisen, Zimmerman, 1994;Simon, 1989;Withers, 1987) and gives an almost unanimous verdict: migrants do not take natives' jobs or reduce their incomes.…”

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Causes and Economic Effects of Migration Flows – an Overview

Carillo¹,

Quintieri²,

Vinci³

1999

Labour

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“…Generous unemployment benefits may also be responsible for low participation in self‐employment among the unskilled. Low‐skilled immigrants, on the other hand, of which a considerable part may be undocumented or illegal [see Winegarden and Khor (), for income inequality comparison for native‐born population in the USA] are not likely to be covered by unemployment benefits or health insurance and would naturally have a high opportunity cost of unemployment. Besides, wages offered to unskilled workers may still exceed their pay‐off if they have not migrated—considering that most unskilled immigrants originate in poor countries and could be even refugees or asylum‐seekers (see Enchantegui, ).…”

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Skilled and Unskilled Immigrants and Entrepreneurship in a Developed Country

Beladi

Kar

2015

Review Development Economics

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Evidence from some OECD countries suggests that skilled immigrants are over-represented in entrepreneurship. We offer an analytical explanation to show that it may be a direct outcome of asymmetric information between immigrants and potential employers in the rich countries. Limiting occupational choices to self-employment and employment, we show that skilled immigrants vis-à-vis natives may be proportionally over-represented in small businesses. This compensates for the income loss in the labor market. It results from higher critical risk aversion among skilled immigrants compared with natives and subsequently leads to higher average income for all immigrants in the cross-section. Finally, we show why a lesser number of unskilled immigrants enter self-employment and discuss the speed of income convergence between all immigrants and natives.

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Undocumented immigration and income inequality in the native-born population of the US: econometric evidence

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

Migration Theories and Evidence: An Assessment

Migration Theories and Evidence: An Assessment

Causes and Economic Effects of Migration Flows – an Overview

Skilled and Unskilled Immigrants and Entrepreneurship in a Developed Country

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