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outcomes of the four race/sex groups that we consider. Our estimates of the effect of immigration on the wages of less … inflows, imply that an increase in immigrants equal to 1 percent of an SMSA's population reduces native wages by roughly 1 …
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substitutes for natives with similar education and age we find that they stimulated, rather than harmed, the demand and wages of …
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natives have expressed concern that immigrants fail to integrate into US society and lower wages for existing workers. This …
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immigration shock, existing research has found little evidence that it put downward pressure on Israeli wages. In this paper we …
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The rapid growth in the number of foreign students enrolled in American universities has transformed the higher education system, particularly at the graduate level. Many of these newly minted doctorates remain in the United States after receiving their doctoral degrees, so that the foreign...
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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 …
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High-skilled immigrants are a very important component of U.S. innovation and entrepreneurship. Immigrants account for roughly a quarter of U.S. workers in these fields, and they have a similar contribution in terms of output measures like patents or firm starts. This contribution has been...
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An influential strand of research has tested for the effects of immigration on natives' wages and employment using …
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Over 11 million undocumented persons reside in the United States, and there has been a heated debate over the impact of legislative or executive efforts to regularize the status of this population. This paper examines the determinants of earnings for undocumented workers. Using newly developed...
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