Publication

May 2013

Do immigrants create jobs or take them away? This report looks to the agriculture sector in the US to answer this question. Analyzing data from North Carolina farms, it shows that foreign agriculture workers fill jobs that native workers will not. Furthermore, by filling these jobs, foreign workers benefit North Carolina’s economy and create jobs for the country.

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Author Michael A Clemens
Series CGD Reports
Publisher Center for Global Development (CGD)
Copyright © 2013 Center for Global Development (CGD)
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