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The Economic Integration of Immigrants in the United States: Lessons for Policy

George Borjas

No DP2003-78, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The most important economic feature of immigration to the United States in the post-1965 period has been a significant deterioration in the economic performance of successive immigrant waves. The policy reaction to this trend would obviously differ if the entry wage disadvantage disappeared quickly, as the immigrants assimilated in the American economy and acquired skills and information valuable in the American labour market.

Keywords: Economic integration; Emigration and immigration; Labour market; Assimilation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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