Do migrants take the jobs of native workers?

2014/01/01 by Amélie F. Constant · 78 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.15185/izawol.10

published in IZA World of Labor

openalex publication_date 2014/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Immigrants who are self-employed or entrepreneurs directly create new jobs. Immigrant innovators create jobs indirectly within a firm, leading to long-term job growth. New immigrants fill labor shortages and keep markets working efficiently. High-skilled immigrants contribute to technological adaptation and low-skilled immigrants to occupational mobility, specialization, and human capital creation; both create new jobs for native workers. By raising demand, immigrants cause firms and production to expand, resulting in new hiring.

Citations

• The Labor Demand Curve is Downward Sloping: Reexamining the Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market
• Job Displacement Effects of Canadian Immigrants by Country of Origin and Occupation
• Meta-Analyses of Labour-Market Impacts of Immigration: Key Conclusions and Policy Implications

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• Immigration to the United States [wikipedia]

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