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George Borjas is without comparison the highest ranked immigration economists on the planet.
Borjas: What's His Problem?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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George Borjas is the source of the widely-quoted factoid that immigration has reduced the wages of low-skilled natives by 8%.
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Borjas is the rare economist who, when it comes to immigration, spends more time worrying about what is reality than in preaching morality.
Borjas: What's His Problem?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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First of all it may be interesting for your readers to point out that Borjas is the most “academically reputable” immigration economist, not just the most reputable “critic”.
Borjas: What's His Problem?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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George Borjas is the source of the widely-quoted factoid that immigration has reduced the wages of low-skilled natives by 8%.
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Some economists don’t accept this (Borjas is the best known) but there work is hardly decisive and since they don’t suggest actually doing anything to help the poor other than limiting immigration it’s hard not to think they are more anti-immigration than pro poor people.
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VFW (I am not a member) will take this story to the local media including TV, Press, talk radio, etc. if Mr. Borjas is allowed to host the convention under the guise of having been a POW.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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If Dr. Borjas is correct, at the moment we’re gaining about $20 billion in economic benefit from the undocumented, while the average wage is taking a 3.4% hit.
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“If Dr. Borjas is correct, at the moment we’re gaining about $20 billion in economic benefit from the undocumented, while the average wage is taking a 3.4% hit.”
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Borjas, as I said before, is probably among the most pessimistic of economists about immigration.
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