| I read through your link, it's a cleverly written piece with very little to support its conclusions. > Empirical studies of immigration’s effect on national economies confirm the general impact shown in the third chart. A review by David Card in 2007 concluded that “more than two decades of research on the local labor market impacts of immigration have reached a near consensus that increased immigration has a small but discernible negative effect on the relative (emphasis in original) wages of low-skilled native workers” but also a small, positive overall effect. So in effect, more or less neutral, then? > In the face of the reality that average wage levels are not negatively affected, one counterpoint is that the impact differs among skill levels (i.e., that low-skill migrants depress wages for native low-skill workers) So that means, that low skill immigration which is the bigger chunk of all immigration, is at best neutral and most likely hurts wages? It is the high skill immigration which helps. > National and even state economies are much more dynamic than simple theory Just asserts a wishful thinking and concludes on this, doesn't really put any numbers to support this. All of this from your own link. |