The Impact of Immigrants on Host Country Wages, Employment and Growth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4029427 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel M Friedberg (Assistant Professor of Economics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.), Jennifer Hunt (0000-0003-3852-729X, Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; Faculty Research Fellows at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 23-44 |
| Publication date | 1995-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965 |
| Publisher | American Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1257/jep.9.2.23 |
| OpenAlex | W2036192040 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 221 |
| References cited | 18 |
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
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Empirical evidence · Geography · Human capital · Immigration · Labour economics · Per capita · Per capita income · Population · Sociology · Demography · Global trade and economics · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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