THE REAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF
IMMIGRATION on research by
H OWA R D F. C H A N G Earle Hepburn Professor of Law
“Studies of the effects of immigration in U.S. labor markets have shown little evidence of any significant effects on native wages or employment, even for the least skilled native workers.” In an article published in a recent issue of the UC Davis Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law School professor Howard Chang marshals economic theory and empirical evidence to show the wisdom of liberalizing United States immigration laws rather than imposing the severe restrictions endorsed by the Trump
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Administration. In “The Economics of Immigration Reform,” Chang evaluates both the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (“RAISE”) Act proposed by Congressional Republicans in 2017 and a comprehensive bipartisan immigration bill passed by the Senate in 2013.
