Title: Immigrants Create More Jobs Than They Take
Headings: Immigrants Create More Jobs Than They Take
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Content: By creating firms at a disproportionate rate, however, immigrants are net creators of jobs. High-quality jobs
The value of immigrants was further confirmed when the researchers explored the quality of jobs (and indeed companies) created by the immigrants. It emerged that firms created by immigrants tend to be more innovative than those created by native-born Americans (as measured by patents). This then translates into the wages those firms pay, with the higher quality of the firms themselves translating into higher wages for those people working at them. Whichever way you look at it, immigrants are beneficial to the economy, whether in terms of new jobs, well paying jobs, or the creation of innovative new firms. While there has long been a suspicion that anti-immigrant sentiment is driven more by emotion than actual evidence, it's nonetheless important to keep reminding ourselves of the evidence so that policies can be well thought through and evidence based. At the moment, it's far from clear that this is the case. “Getting the economics right can change the debate,” the researchers conclude, “but to the extent that noneconomic perspectives dominate thinking in swathes of the electorate, and their political representatives, immigration-policy reform will continue to be a challenge.” I am a free range human who believes that the future already exists, if we know where to look. From the bustling Knowledge Quarter in London, it is my mission in life to
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I am a free range human who believes that the future already exists, if we know where to look.