How Does Immigration Shape Average Labor Productivity? Evidence from the CPS

Serdar Ozkan and Nicholas Sullivan

On the Economy from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Abstract: An analysis suggests changes in workforce composition—particularly foreign-born employment share—have had little effect on U.S. productivity growth since 2023.

Keywords: immigration; workforce composition; foreign-born workers; productivity growth; Current Population Survey (CPS); Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-03-31
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