Wages, Jobs, and Poverty
For American workers, immigration is primarily a redistributive policy. Economic theory predicts that immigration will redistribute income by lowering the wages of competing American workers and increasing the wages of complementary American workers as well as profits for business owners and other “users” of immigrant labor.
- George J. Borjas, Professor of Economics and Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Employers Prefer Foreign Workers over Americans
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 11
EEOC Reaches Settlement in Yet Another 'No Americans Need Apply' Case
Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty
Georgia Legislature Makes It Easier for Illegals to Get Professional Licenses
Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty, Georgia
The Employment Situation of Immigrants and Natives in January 2021
Unemployment and Labor Force Participation Among the Foreign-Born and Native Born
Recent Immigration Slowdown May Have Helped Reverse Decades-Long Decline in Labor-Force Participation
Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty
There Really Has Been a ‘Trump Effect’ on Immigration
And some American workers seem to have benefited.
Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty