In Chapter 8 of We Wanted Workers the author goes into detail in regards to the economic benefits of immigration and more specifically about who in particular gains and loses from said immigration. He starts off by noting that factually… Read moreERA Ch.8
Borja’s emphasizes the two views of immigration: “immigrants as workers or immigrants as people.” Immigrants are people, and not just robotic workers that help our economy. They have a world bigger than just the workforce, they have a family to… Read morewe wanted workers ch9 era
Borjas dives into the debate regarding immigration’s impact on the labor market in chapter 7. He starts off by introducing the idea that “Immigrants do the jobs that natives will not do and have little impact on native job opportunities… Read moreERA: We Wanted Workers, Chapter 7
Throughout Chapter 5 of Borjas’ We Wanted Workers, he focuses on the concept of economic assimilation and how this differs from assimilation in other areas of life. Borjas begins by addressing the idea that immigrants who have been in the… Read moreERA We Wanted Workers Ch.5
In chapter seven of George J. Borjas’s We Wanted Workers, George talks about the impact of the labor markets impact with respect to immigrants. In the introduction of this chapter George talks about how immigrants are doing jobs that the… Read moreERA: We Wanted Workers CH7