Immigration and Jobs in the US economy revisited
Posted by Stephen Cline on April 1st, 2010There have been a lot of discussions and just too much debate on the impact of the health care bill and how it is going to influence the US economy. But there have been other things that have been going on too. For one, there is a lot of hullabaloo on immigration which is a burning matter in the US economy. Thousands of protestors descended on Washington DC in a bid to draw attention to the need for bringing about immigration reform. There is a lot of fear among some people that immigration will cause ruin and bring about economic hardship to US citizens. On the other hand, there are people who won small businesses that thrive on farmhands as well as helpers who are invariably migrants. These migrants work well and much cheaper than native workers. Strict immigration could break the back of so many of these small businesses.
A study conducted recently that immigrant workers in the US economy lower the wages of native workers with little or no education by just 2.4% while they have little or no impact on those with better education. The reasons are easy to see. Most migrants come in at the lowest rung of economic and educational ladder which is why they do not pose any threat to well educated and middle class Americans.
Tags: immigration, US economy
It fits our needs perfectly the advantage of immigration reform on the country: Greater supply of unskilled workers, a younger workforce, and skilled workers in needed sectors. But there is also a disadvantage of immigration reform like Greater poverty, more educational cost, lower unskilled wage levels, and increased danger of terrorism. Thanks to the post!