Gordon Hanson Publishes Study on Illegal Immigration for Migration Policy Institute
12/04/2009
Michelle Mittelstadt,
Migration Policy Institute
Gordon Hanson's Report Finds Illegal Immigration Has Negligible Impact on U.S. Economy Despite Benefit to Employers, Unauthorized Workers
WASHINGTON — Illegal immigration's overall impact on the U.S. economy is negligible, despite clear benefits for employers and unauthorized immigrants and slightly depressed wages for low-skilled native workers, according to a report by a University of California, San Diego economist released today by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI).
The report, The Economics and Policy of Illegal Immigration in the United States, authored by UC San Diego Professor of Economics Gordon Hanson, examines the effect of illegal immigration on the economy. The paper was commissioned to inform the work of MPI's Labor Markets Initiative, which is conducting a comprehensive, policy-focused review of the role of legal and illegal immigration in the labor market.
Read the full press release from the Migration Policy Institute here.
To download a copy of Hanson's report, click here.
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This report was featured as a news story in Redlands Daily Facts, Arizona Daily Star, San Antonio Express News, Mundo Hispanico, and a Houston Chronicle blog.
Univision featured the report on its December 2 national nightly broadcast.
KFI-AM in Los Angeles aired the story twice on the "Bill Handel And The Morning Crew" program.
KNEW-AM in San Francisco aired the story twice on "Armstrong and Getty."
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