Economic Paper

 Writing prompt:

According to article, There’s no evidence that immigrants hurt any American workers 

1. What accounts for the difference between Peri and Yasenov’s conclusion and Borjas’ conclusion? Thoroughly discuss the various factors that influenced the results of those two studies. 

2. Why does Michael Clemens claim that even if no ones wage actually changed, George Borjas’ data would nevertheless have shown a decrease in the average wage after 1980? 

NOTE: Your grade will be based solely on your objective analysis of the questions in the prompt and rubric.