Social Sciences
3 years ago

Immigrants Not Taking Jobs from Native-born Americans, Study Finds.

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Controversies About the Impact of Immigration: The Denial of Negative Impact: "It is simply not true that immigrants are taking jobs away from native-born Americans, either in general or in specific sectors of the economy."
Nadejda Chapkina, Charles Jaret, Guangya Liu, Angela Pollock

Paper Summary

Immigrants are not causing native-born Americans to lose jobs or have lower wages. Studies comparing areas with many immigrants to those with few immigrants show that the presence of immigrants doesn't affect unemployment rates or wages for native-born Americans.

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