Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers … countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and only modest effects on wage differentials between more and less … educated immigrant and native workers. Native workers' wages have been insulated by differences in skills, adjustments in local …

departure of wages and employment of low-skilled workers between Miami and its control after 1979. The result is robust to …

effects on native unskilled wages, employment and occupational mobility. …

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 …

period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990's had no adverse effects on native wages and …

Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers … countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and only modest effects on wage differentials between more and less … educated immigrant and native workers. Native workers’ wages have been insulated by differences in skills, adjustments in local …

result, it yields positive externalities even when wages equal marginal social products. We propose an approach that …

departure of wages and employment of low-skilled workers between Miami and its control after 1979. The result is robust to …