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Re:Why American Workers Without Much Education Are Being Ham... by fnordfnordfnord on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @07:51AM (#9419722)
Is there a corresponding increase in immigration over time? As far as I know (in my lifetime) there have always been migrant laborers.
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Re:Why American Workers Without Much Education Are Being Ham... by humanrebar on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @08:12AM (#9419807)
> Is there a corresponding increase in immigration over time?

Yes. The both the number and percentage of immigrants have doubled since 1990. I'm pro immigration, but it's odd that we aren't even talking about how immigration affects job prospects, especially given the dismal wages across the board.

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Re:Why American Workers Without Much Education Are Being Ham... by snowwrestler on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @11:32AM (#9421142)
That's a pretty gross statistic. I don't have the reference handy but as I recall if you graph wage growth vs immigration on an annual or more granular basis, there is no significant correlation.
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Re:Why American Workers Without Much Education Are Being Ham... by afarrell on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @10:07AM (#9420487)
Who is the "we" that isn't talking about it?
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Re:Why American Workers Without Much Education Are Being Ham... by humanrebar on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @11:20AM (#9421057)
I was trying to be inclusive, but in particular, I'm talking about the NYT article that was posted.
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Re:Why American Workers Without Much Education Are Being Ham... by fnordfnordfnord on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @09:09AM (#9420091)
I'd like to see some credible data showing that.
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Re:Why American Workers Without Much Education Are Being Ham... by panglott on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @11:41AM (#9421214)
Interesting, there seems to be some truth to this. I've known that immigration was a major cause of US population growth. http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2012/03/15-immigran...

The premise of the main article, though, is that the major impact of globalization has been the decline in higher-wage sectors such as manufacturing, wheres immigrants are competing more in lower-wage sectors.

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