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The model predicts that wages fall in lower-paid occupations, where migrant workers are overrepresented, and rise elsewhere. The findings suggest that headline averages can conceal important differences across the labor market. In the paper , "The Immigration Surplus Revisited," researchers revisit the "immigration surplus," the idea that immigration can benefit the native-born population overall. First proposed by economist George Borjas in 1995, the theory suggests that immigration delivers an aggregate economic gain for previous residents, even though that gain may not be shared equally.

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