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Does Immigration Harm Native-Born Workers? A Citizen’s Guide

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  • Don Mathews

    (Reg Murphy Center for Economic and Policy Studies)

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The Reg Murphy Center usually confines its research to economic conditions and events on the Southeast Georgia Coast. But in recent months, local residents have persistently peppered us with questions about immigration. Two in particular: Does immigration depress the wages of native-born workers? Does immigration reduce the employment of native-born workers? This report presents and summarizes the extensive research economists have conducted on immigration.

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  • Don Mathews, 2016. "Does Immigration Harm Native-Born Workers? A Citizen’s Guide," Center Research and Working Papers 16-2, Reg Murphy Center for Economic and Policy Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:rgcrwp:2016_002
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    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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