Economics of Immigration

Research Reports

• Momentum Builds in Congress for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
  Bipartisan efforts are paving the road for resolution on a number of immigration issues. (April 2013)

• NMHC Research Notes: The Economics of Immigration
  July 21, 2006

• The Economics of Immigration: Recent Research and Commentary
  Recent research and policy reports analyzing the impact of immigration on the U.S. economy.

• Pew Center Research: Immigrants Do Not Hurt U.S. Jobs
  Rapid increases in the foreign-born population at the state level are not associated with negative effects on the employment of native-born workers, according to a study by the Pew Hispanic Center that examined data from both the boom years of the 1990s and the period of recession and gradual recovery after 2000. (August 2006)

• Rise, Peak and Decline: Trends in U.S. Immigration 1992-2004
  Pew Hispanic Center that breaks down the overall increase in the foreign-born population since the early 1990s into estimates of annual flows, with implications for the pace and content of migration. (September 2005)

• Is the New Immigration Really So Bad
  National Bureau of Economic Research. Argues argues that the evidence for harmful labor impact of immigrants on native workers is scant, and also that children of immigrants are assimilating reasonably well. (August 2005). Fee Required for Access.

• Two Labor Economic Issues for the Immigration Debate
  Princeton University economist argues that the economic evidence suggests that increased immigration has little impact on wages for low-wage domestic workers and also that there are much better, and more effective, means to help low-income workers than reducing immigration. (April 2006)

• The Immigration Equation
  Lengthy summary of economists' views of the labor market impact of immigrants. (July 2006)

• Immigration Policy
  National Bureau of Economic Research paper that provides an overview of the small gains from immigration and the fiscal impacts. (July 2004)