Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Immigration, Welfare State on Mar 1st, 2012
One of my excellent students sent me a link to this Stossel video last week and he asked my thoughts on what Jeff Miron had to say at about the 3:54 mark. It’s only about 30 seconds long after that, so do check it out. What I’d like to point out here are two things: […]
Posted in Education, Immigration, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Dec 7th, 2011
I heard a new point made the other day from someone who was arguing with someone else about whether immigrants should be allowed in America. I first heard the argument that immigrants pay less in taxes than they use in social programs and therefore are a net drain on the US. I won’t address that […]
Posted in Immigration on Jul 12th, 2011
Alex T. has been on fire lately, but I really have to repost this entire thing. I will reserve additional comment. The fruits of immigration by Alex Tabarrok on July 12, 2011 at 7:31 am in Current Affairs, Economics | Permalink A tough new law cracking down on illegal immigrants and those who hire or “harbor” them has created a […]
Posted in Immigration on Jan 16th, 2011
The evils of immigration: if they are to be called evils, are not temporary. The direct descendants of the people who fought for and founded the Republic, and gave us a rich heritage of democratic institutions, are being displaced by … Not Asian people. Not Latin American people. But … Slavic, Balkan and Mediterranean peoples. […]
Posted in Immigration on Sep 4th, 2010
That was up near Massena, NY.
Posted in Immigration, Methodology on Aug 2nd, 2010
Professor Borjas, not exactly a fan of immigration, has often found in his research that there are negligible adverse wage impacts of new immigrants on native Americans. This is not a surprising result. Of course, in a new paper, he claims that those previous findings were due to measurement error. It could be. We can’t […]
Posted in Immigration on May 10th, 2010
I’ve not wanted to weigh in on the new Arizona immigration law. But the law got me thinking in general about labor market discrimination. Some low-wage Americans bring suit against their employer on the grounds that discrimination by the employer is keeping their wages below what they otherwise “should” be. Two points – one unrelated […]
Posted in Immigration on Oct 12th, 2009
It seems that the relative performance of new immigrants to the U.S. has been improving for a decade and a half. Here are Borjas and Friedberg: This paper studies long-term trends in the labor market performance of immigrants in the United States, using the 1960-2000 PUMS and 1994-2009 CPS. While there was a continuous decline […]
Posted in Financial Institutions, Immigration, Regulation, Unintended Consequences on Jun 28th, 2009
New institutions like private stock markets emerge. It will be entertaining to watch the dogs in DC chasing their tails after they institute their new financial institution regulatory overhaul, and when they try to regulate hedge funds, derivatives, money funds and more. A key point from the article: Besides the economy, startup investors say the […]
Posted in Immigration on Aug 21st, 2008
Three economic questions frame nearly every debate on the immigration issue. First, can America absorb the latest wave of immigrants? Second, what is the impact of immigrants on the labor market prospects for low- and high-skilled natives? Third, do immigrants represent a strain on public services? In answering these questions it is important to appreciate […]
