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Title: Immigrants, Skills, And Wages: Reassessing The Economic Gains From Immigration

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Publication Year: 2006

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Abstract: Foreign-born workers do not substitute perfectly for, and therefore do not compete with, most native-born workers. Rather, the complementary nature of the skills, occupations, and abilities of foreign-born workers increases the productivity of natives, stimulates investment, and enhances the choices available to consumers. As a result, immigration increases the average wages of all native-born workers, except those who do not have a high-school diploma. Even for the small and shrinking number of native-born workers without a high-school diploma, the decline in wages from immigration is much smaller than some have estimated. A well-balanced immigration policy that attracts foreign-born workers at both ends of the educational spectrum would maximize the economic benefits of immigration for the native-born and build on the traditional appeal of the United States as a country of destination for both highly skilled and less-skilled immigrants

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Authors: Peri, Giovanni

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Publication Date: 2006

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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