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    Immigrants cost $60 billion and produce $51 billion in a $7 trillion economy. A city with 10% more immigration than another will have wages that are 1 percent lower. "The great majority of studies conclude that immigrants rarely force a native worker out of a job"

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    Immigrants cost $60 billion and produce $51 billion in a $7 trillion economy. A city with 10% more immigration than another will have wages that are 1 percent lower. "The great majority of studies conclude that immigrants rarely force a native worker out of a job"

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    The Economic Impact of Immigration

    Do Immigrants Pull their Weight?


    1970 1980 1990
    Natives:
    Education (years) 11.5 12.7 13.2
    Percent on Public Ass. 6.0 7.9 7.4
    Immigrants:
    Education (years) 10.7 11.7 11.6
    Wage Differential w/native +0.9 -9.2 -15.2
    Percent on Public Ass. 5.9 8.7 9.1

    What is the Overall Cost of Immigration?


     Immigrants cost $60 billion and produce $51 billion in a $7 trillion economy.
     “In an economy the size of the U.S., this effect is small”: about 1%

    Taking Away Jobs of Natives?


     “The great majority of studies conclude that immigrants rarely force a native
    worker out of a job.”
     A city with 10% more immigration than another will have wages that are 1
    percent lower: a $10.00 per hour wage falls to $9.90.
    Source: Borjas, George J., Journal of Economic Literature, Dec. 1994, p. 1668

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