A crucial question in the current debate over immigration is what impact immigrants have on the wages of native-born workers. At first glance, it might seem that the simple economics of supply and demand provides the answer: immigrants increase the supply of labor; hence, they should decrease the wages of native workers. This paper argues that the issue is more complicated than this, and finds that immigrants have an overall positive effect on the wages of native-born workers.
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