Full Citation
Title: How Immigration Affects Workers: Two Wrong Models and a Right One
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2017
ISBN:
ISSN:
DOI:
NSFID:
PMCID:
PMID:
Abstract: Immigration has been in the news a lot recently, along with many strong claims about how it harms workers. This article reviews what research by economists says about how immigration affects workers. This requires first getting past common misconceptions that pervade press accounts and public policy debates about immigration, some of which even claim to come from economics. Unfortunately, these misconceptions usually lead to exactly the wrong policy conclusions about immigration—policies that tend to make the United States worse off. This is why it is important have the right economic model of immigration. This article first covers two common “wrong” models of immigration, before explaining the “right” model. The right model is confirmed by a large body of empirical evidence, which will be described here as well.
User Submitted?: No
Authors: Lewis, Ethan
Periodical (Full): Cato Journal
Issue: 3
Volume: 37
Pages: 12
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration
Countries: