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The surge in immigration is a $7T gift to the economy

by ece on 2/15/24, 6:32 PM with 4 comments

• by Bostonian on 2/15/24, 6:37 PM

  I can't access the article. Immigration will raise GDP, since it increases the size of the workforce, but it's not clear that it will raise the per-capita incomes of the people who already live in the country.

  A current WSJ article on this topic is "Immigration Wave Delivers Economic Windfall. But There’s a Catch. Recent migrants are expected to be lower paid and less productive than predecessors" https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/immigration-wave-delivers-e... archived at https://archive.is/3HPqQ

• by ece on 2/18/24, 10:48 PM

  https://archive.is/y9nZK

• by elintknower on 2/15/24, 9:45 PM

  This is infuriating as a legal immigrant.