{"id":1279,"date":"2012-04-18T13:31:29","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T17:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2016-02-23T13:57:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T18:57:55","slug":"expert-finds-illegal-aliens-negatively-affect-wages-for-american-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2012\/04\/18\/expert-finds-illegal-aliens-negatively-affect-wages-for-american-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert Finds Illegal Aliens Negatively Affect Wages for American Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, Julie Hotchkiss, an economist<\/a> with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, presented her new study which found that illegal aliens in the workforce \u201cexert a downward pressure on wages for other workers,\u201d but insisted that the amount is \u201cnegligible overall.\u201d Uncharacteristically for an academic touting her work, Hotchkiss downplayed the significance of her report. She said no one should really be concerned about the results of her study because it was based on a \u201cfairly small sample\u201d of illegal alien workers in Georgia (FAIR question – Why conduct a report based on what you consider to be an unrepresentative sample, and why release a report if you don\u2019t think the results are significant?). And while there is a \u201cnegative overall impact for workers whose employers hire [illegal]workers,\u201d on average it is \u201conly $56 a year, but there is a lot of variation across sectors.\u201d In some sectors, the wages of legal workers were found to be lowered by as much as $700 a year, but that was not cause for concern, at least for Hotchkiss. <\/p>\n

I would imagine those who have had their wages lowered wouldn\u2019t agree that the effect has been negligible. What Hotchkiss also failed to address in her presentation is that illegal immigration has heavily contributed to wage stagnation<\/a> in many low-skill occupations. Blue collar workers<\/a> have not seen their real wages increase since the 1970s. The stagnation of blue collar wages has been driving the increasing income inequality that gets so much attention by politicians and pundits, most of whom ignore the immigration component. <\/p>\n

But at least Hotchkiss and the Atlanta Fed are taking a step in the right direction by acknowledging the obvious. In 2010, the San Francisco Fed<\/a> published a report by Giovanni Peri, despite the fact that his work had been roundly discredited<\/a> by other economists who have examined his methodology. Peri claimed that illegal immigration does not \u201cdiminish the employment opportunities of U.S.-born workers,\u201d but instead \u201ccreates favorable conditions for all U.S. workers.\u201d <\/p>\n

Hotchkiss may qualify her findings by saying that the negative impacts of illegal immigration on American workers is \u201cnegligible,\u201d but this latest study is progress nonetheless. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week, Julie Hotchkiss, an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, presented her new study which found that illegal aliens in the workforce \u201cexert a downward pressure on wages for other workers,\u201d but insisted that the amount is \u201cnegligible overall.\u201d Uncharacteristically for an academic touting her work, Hotchkiss downplayed the significance of her<\/p>\n

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