Recently, the US immigration rate of skilled labor is higher than that of unskilled one. The increase shifts out labour supply curve. Among those skilled immigrants, they have a high educational attainment because 30% of them have at least a bachelor’ degree. It shows that the immigration is positively selected. Also, we can see that the trend of labor demand is changing because we have transformed from manufacturing industry to a technological industry. We then need more skilled workers to complement the technological transfer. Besides, it is interesting to note that immigrants from Mexico and Central America seem to be low-skilled while immigrants from Asia tend to be high-skilled.
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