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You are here: Home / Podcast / 181: Does Illegal Immigration Help or Hurt the Economy?

181: Does Illegal Immigration Help or Hurt the Economy?

November 15, 2017 by David Stein · Updated December 4, 2020

What is the economic impact of illegal immigration. What would be the cost and impact of mass deportation.

The Statue of Liberty in daytime viewed from the side with captions saying "Illegal Immigration." Money For the Rest of Us.

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • How many illegal immigrants are there in the U.S.
  • How does illegal immigration impacts wages and economic growth.
  • What would be the economic impact if all U.S. illegal immigrants were deported.

Show Notes

5 facts about illegal immigration in the U.S. – Pew Research Center

U.S. Foreign born population – U.S. Census Bureau

Wage War – The Economist

The Cost of Immigration Enforcement and Border Security – American Immigration Council

The Thorny Economics of Illegal Immigration – Wall Street Journal

Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs – Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, Giovanni Peri, Greg C. Wright

The Evolution of the Mexican-Born Workforce in the United States – George J. Borjas, Lawrence F. Katz

The Effect of Low-skilled Immigration on US Prices: Evidence from CPI Data – Patricia Cortes

Immigration and the recent violent crime drop in the united states: A pooled, cross-sectional time-series analysis of metropolitan areas – JACOB I. STOWELL, STEVEN F. MESSNER, KELLY F. MCGEEVER, LAWRENCE E. RAFFALOVICH

Analysis: Undocumented Immigrants Not Linked With Higher Crime Rates – Governing

The Labor and Output Declines from Removing All Undocumented Immigrants – Ben Gitis, Jacqueline Varas

Effects of Unauthorized Immigration on the Actuarial Status of the Social Security Trust Funds – Stephen Goss, Alice Wade, J. Patrick Skirvin, Michael Morris, K. Mark Bye, and Danielle Huston

Five things economists know about immigration – Dylan Matthews – Washington Post

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