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Title: Low-Wage Jobs, Foreign-Born Workers, and Firm Performance

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2023

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Abstract: We examine how migrant workers impact firm performance using administrative data from the United States. Exploiting an unexpected change in firms’ likelihood of securing low-wage workers through the H-2B visa program, we find limited crowd-out of other forms of employment and no impact on average pay at the firm. Yet, access to H-2B workers raises firms’ annual revenues and survival likelihood. Our results are consistent with the notion that guest worker programs can help address labor shortages without inflicting large losses on incumbent workers.

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Authors: Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Arenas-Arroyo, Esther; Mahajan, Parag; Schmidpeter, Bernhard

Series Title: Discussion Paper Series

Publication Number: 16438

Institution: IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Pages: 1-41

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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

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