Immigrants and their children across the OECD
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics Tags: Australia, economics of identity, economics of immigration
200 years of American immigration
06 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA Tags: economics of immigration
.@ImmigrationGOP is wrong. Immigration today is not "beyond any historical precedent" niskanencenter.org/blog/niskanen-… http://t.co/0A9LIekqjb—
David Bier (@myfreesociety) May 28, 2015
45% of Australia and New Zealand are immigrants or their children
03 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics Tags: Australia, economics of immigration
The Puerto Rican sovereign default explained
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economic growth, fiscal policy, international economic law, politics - USA, population economics Tags: ageing society, economics of immigration, Puerto Rica, sovereign defaults
Puerto Rico's debt is nearly half that of California for a population one-tenth the size on.wsj.com/1Kj5XPZ http://t.co/nM2aM8kWtP—
Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) June 29, 2015
Per capita receipt of asylum seekers
19 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in Economics of international refugee law, international economic law, International law, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: asylum seekers, economics of immigration
Sweden – the OECD's highest per capita recipient of asylum seekers bit.ly/1vfFEUh http://t.co/y6DmdJjAsE—
Guardian Data (@GuardianData) December 02, 2014
The breath-taking scale of family remittances
16 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: economics of immigration, family remittances
Celebrate the 1st Int'l Day of #Family #Remittances w/ @IFADnews @WorldBank wrld.bg/OlxrU http://t.co/D0Cw3wtaMI—
World Bank (@WorldBank) June 16, 2015
New Zealand does an excellent job in attracting skilled migrants
29 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in human capital, labour economics, labour supply, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: economics of immigration
Migrants (esp. new ones) to UK more likely to have tertiary education than migrants to Australia [OECD[ http://t.co/xfOSQmiCxd—
Jonathan Portes (@jdportes) March 05, 2015
Where are the Chinese and Indian diasporas?
08 Apr 2015 1 Comment
in politics - USA, population economics Tags: China, economics of immigration, India
The distribution (in millions) of the Indian (and Chinese) diaspora across the world (via @TheEconomist) http://t.co/IXtLnZIYqL—
India in Pictures (@indiainpix) July 29, 2014
Immigration to the USA since 1820
06 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA Tags: economics of immigration
The origin of immigrants to the US since 1820
Source: bit.ly/1xjTubs http://t.co/km98cdAvTO—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) March 19, 2015
Australia takes eight times as many refugees as New Zealand, per capita
27 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in Economics of international refugee law, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand Tags: economics of immigration, refugees
Sweden – the OECD's highest per capita recipient of asylum seekers bit.ly/1vfFEUh http://t.co/y6DmdJjAsE—
Guardian Data (@GuardianData) December 02, 2014
Which countries attract the most immigrants who are graduates?
05 Dec 2014 Leave a comment
in human capital, labour economics Tags: economics of immigration
Some economics of immigration and other forms of labour force and population growth
26 Nov 2014 1 Comment
in labour economics, population economics Tags: economics of immigration, labour economics, lump of labour fallacy, population economics
One of my puzzles about immigration is the claim that they take jobs from natives. This is the lump of labour fallacy: that there is a fixed amount of work to be done in the world, so any increase in the amount each worker can produce reduces the number of available jobs.
Immigration is population growth. The other method of population growth is natives of the country having children and these children growing up to enter the workforce.
No one complains about new work force entrants taking the jobs of existing workers. Somehow, no matter how fast or how slow the population may be, jobs are always available.
The baby boom may have slightly increased the natural unemployment rate simply because there were more young people entering the workforce for the first time and job shopping.
This job shopping is when newcomers to the workforce move around a lot more as they find the specific jobs, employers, occupations and industries that suit their talents and inclinations. After about 10 to 15 years of job shopping, the majority workers settle down into a particular job and occupation for a long time.
Labour supply increases through teenagers entering the workforce and migrants entering the workforce differ only in respect of the local taxpayer didn’t have to pay for their schooling.
All through human history, the labour market has been able to cope with population increases with very little drama.
The large increase in female labour force participation since the mid-20th century was handled with ease despite the predictions of the odd, angry misogynist.
Indeed, is there any difference between the arguments against more immigration and the arguments in the mid-20th century against more married women working? Both are about taking jobs are of of existing workers, who will then be thrown on the scrapheap of society and never find another job.
This massive increase in female labour force participation is a good example of how labour force surges can be handled with ease by the labour market, be they domestic in origin or through immigration. The labour market was able to absorb millions of additional married women re-entering or staying on in the workforce to work full-time.
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