CIS: Immigrants Replace Low-Skilled Native-Born Workers
Published:
Tue, Sep 6th 2016 @ 11:55 am EDT
A recent study by the Center for Immigration Studies found that immigrants are replacing low-skilled native-born men in the workforce. The study shows a significant decline in hours worked from 2003-2015 for native born workers while it has increased for immigrant workers in the same category.
Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center, said, "Low-skill American men have been dropping out of the labor force at the same time that low-skill immigrants are finding plenty of work. Whatever its other effects, mass immigration serves to paper over this serious social problem, reducing the incentive for employers and policymakers to explore and address its underlying causes.”
The results of the study are based on the numbers of hours worked, not just labor participation rates, of immigrants with less than a high school degree compared to prime age native-born men, who have less than a high school degree and who are not incarcerated.
The key findings of the study are:
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/cis-immigrants-replace-low-skilled-native-born-workers
