Right. So yes, if immigrants take the lowest paying jobs, then the average citizen wage will seem higher because the lowest wages were removed from the pool. That’s how average work. I don’t think it somehow means the immigrants are causing a wage increase.
It’s not just removal of low paying jobs, it’s creation of higher paying jobs; that’s why employment also improves. As the article explains, the “somehow” is that immigrants also increase the demand for goods and services.
This still perpetuates the lie that immigration reduces wages when it actually improves wages: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2024/05/01/immigrants-raise-wages-and-boost-employment-of-us-born-workers/
Right. So yes, if immigrants take the lowest paying jobs, then the average citizen wage will seem higher because the lowest wages were removed from the pool. That’s how average work. I don’t think it somehow means the immigrants are causing a wage increase.
It’s not just removal of low paying jobs, it’s creation of higher paying jobs; that’s why employment also improves. As the article explains, the “somehow” is that immigrants also increase the demand for goods and services.