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
The Employment Situation of Immigrants and Natives in April 2020
First full month of data after Covid-19 shutdown shows dramatic downturn in employment
Now Is Not the Time to Increase Immigrant Labor
It makes no sense to continue to bring in so many foreign workers.
Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty
Moratorium Interruptus
What should the president do now about his executive order for an immigration moratorium? The system needs to start working for American workers.
Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty
Presidential Proclamation Suspending Entry of Immigrants Due to Wuhan Coronavirus
If American workers don't have jobs, they will be voters who want more benefits
President to Suspend Immigration Temporarily
Notes on an executive order that I have not seen
Trump's Immigration Moratorium Is Barely A Start
Trump's policy is an immigration "pause" that doesn't pause much.
Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty
Trump’s Blind Spot on Immigration
A more moderate level of immigration is both good policy and good politics. Cheap foreign labor is cheap foreign labor, whether it’s legal or illegal, permanent or temporary, blue-collar or white-collar.
Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty