Without immigration, automation technology typically eliminates many middle-skill jobs. Many middle-class American workers may have immigrants to thank for their jobs.
The immigration of low-skilled workers mitigates the harmful effects automation can have on American workers, according to a new working paper distributed by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Consequently, the paper’s authors — researchers from the Bank of Italy, the United States Naval Academy and the University of California, Davis — argue that those seeking to limit immigration could hurt workers born in the U.S. and, by proxy, the American middle class.
Why immigrants are good for U.S.-born […]
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