Mr. Bruce Hall quotes from Avila in a FRB Cleveland note:
Category Archives: immigration
“The Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on the Economic Development of the Western U.S.”
Paper by Joe Long, Carlo Medici, Nancy Qian & Marco Tabellini.
If You Thought Construction Costs Were High, Wait for Mass Deportation
Average hourly wages in construction, production and nonsupervisory workers, in 2023$ (CPI deflated):
If You Thought Grocery Prices Were High, Wait for Mass Deportation
Wages for farm workers and food processing will likely rise, if the past is any guide.
Natural (but Stupid) Experiments?
Since the incoming administration has indicated the deportations will start on day one, I thought it of use to consider the sectoral impacts of a policy of mass deportation (aside from macro based ones as discussed here).
Analyses on the Impacts of Trump’s Proposed Ultimate Solution
Given the results of the election, and Mr. Trump’s statement that deportations will start immediately, there will be a need for facts. I recommend EconoFact’s Immigration page as a start for your analysis.
“The Economy would grow under Harris. Under Trump, expect higher prices and debt.”
By Menzie Chinn and Mark Copelovitch
A Harris administration is far less likely to disrupt the ongoing and unprecedented American economic recovery of the last three years with stark policy reversals. This is an expanded version of an op-ed published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Guest Contribution: “Immigration and US Shelter Prices: The Role of Geographical and Immigrant Heterogeneity”
Today we are pleased to present a guest contribution by James Cabral (University of Toronto) and Walter Steingress (University of Wisconsin). The views expressed are solely those of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the institutions they are associated with.
CBO: Budgetary and GDP Implications of the Immigration Surge
From CBO report released yesterday.
Macroeconomic Implications of Forced Mass Deportation
For whom the bell tolls? Undocumented? Documented but not naturalized? All non-native born? Native born with both parents undocumented?