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> directly causing job losses by dumping wages Largely a myth, according to fairly recent research. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/jobs/2012/05/04/what-immigr
by wool_gather 9y ago
> directly causing job losses by dumping wages
Largely a myth, according to fairly recent research.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/jobs/2012/05/04/what-immigration-means-for-u-s-employment-and-wages/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/jobs/2012/05/04/what-immigrat...
- mantas 9y agoIt may be different in US. But in EU were a lot of migration is at least a bit skilled, it’s very real. Society needs only so much plumbers or truck drivers. If immigrants come and agree to work for half of the wage, locals are priced out. Some of them may transition to management, but many of them have no skills nor will to do that. Let alone that few new managers are needed for barely bigger amount of people. I agree with your article if there was a massive need for people in X industry and they just filled the gap. But that’s not what usually happens, at least in Europe.
- wool_gather 9y agoFair enough; I don't know as much as perhaps I should about the European situation.