More Recent Analyses
Dissatisfaction with the statistical methods used in early studies of the effects of immigration
on the employment opportunities of natives led to the use of different models. Using more
sophisticated statistical methods than the earlier literature, Borjas, Freeman, and Katz (1992)
estimated that during the 1980s increased imports of goods produced with lower-skilled labor
and rising immigration of lower-skilled labor were important contributors to the adverse turn
Figure 1: Weekly Wages of Male HS Grads Age 18-24 by
Ethnicity
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
$600
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
$0
Black
Latino
White
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