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The Impact of Immigrants on Host Country Wages, Employment and Growth

The Impact of Immigrants on Host Country Wages, Employment and Growth Abstract The popular belief that immigrants have a large adverse impact on the wages and employment opportunities of the native-born population of the receiving country is not supported by the empirical evidence. A 10 percent increase in the fraction of immigrants in the population reduces native wages by 0-1 percent. Even those natives who are the closest substitutes with immigrant labor do not suffer significantly as a result of increased immigration. There is no evidence of economically significant reductions in native employment. The impact on natives’ per capita income growth depends crucially on the immigrants’ human capital levels. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Economic Perspectives American Economic Association

The Impact of Immigrants on Host Country Wages, Employment and Growth

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Publisher
American Economic Association
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Copyright © 1995 by the American Economic Association
Subject
Symposia
ISSN
0895-3309
DOI
10.1257/jep.9.2.23
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Abstract

Abstract The popular belief that immigrants have a large adverse impact on the wages and employment opportunities of the native-born population of the receiving country is not supported by the empirical evidence. A 10 percent increase in the fraction of immigrants in the population reduces native wages by 0-1 percent. Even those natives who are the closest substitutes with immigrant labor do not suffer significantly as a result of increased immigration. There is no evidence of economically significant reductions in native employment. The impact on natives’ per capita income growth depends crucially on the immigrants’ human capital levels.

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Journal of Economic Perspectives – American Economic Association

Published: May 1, 1995

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