Gordon Hanson Featured in "The New York Times"
Professor Hanson Provides Commentary on the Competition for Low-Wage Jobs
03/18/2009
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March 18 -- We’ve asked several experts, including UCSD economist Gordon Hanson, how the recession might alter competition for lower-wage jobs between workers born in the United States, who previously shunned these jobs, and immigrants who have been willing to take them. If competition for these jobs increases, what does it mean for immigrants who don’t have a social safety net to rely on?
Click here to read the initial discussion.
March 21 -- The New York Times printed the article "A Slippery Place in the U.S. Work Force" by national immigration correspondent Julia Preston.
March 23 -- Gordon Hanson and other experts were asked to respond to the Preston article. Click here to read the follow-up to the New York Times article.
Photo: Lee Celano for The New York Times
