Study: Legalize migrants to boost economy
10:38 PM PST on Tuesday, March 1, 2011
By DAVID OLSON
The Press-Enterprise
Legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants would dramatically increase wages for illegal workers and expand the economy, a new study co-authored by two Inland economists concludes.
Legalization would allow many workers to change jobs to occupations that are better matches for their skills, and that would increase U.S. productivity, the report says.
The study is one of a number that have looked at the effects of a 1986 immigration amnesty. But the authors said it is the first to attempt to directly compare the wages of people who were eligible for the amnesty with those who were not eligible and presumably continued to live in the United States illegally.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/immigration/stories/PE_News_Local_D_immigration02.226443d.html
Posted by Catherine Macan
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