Immigrants Benefit U.S. Economy Now as Ever.
Although the
U.S does not have
jobs for unskilled immigrants, the author points out Mexican immigrants
progressing in education even faster than earlier generations. Many economists
are doubt if the immigrants make the U.S economy better and there is jobs
for immigrants, even though the labor unemployment is historically high.
However, statistically speaking, immigrant’s children gets a better education
and better work than their parents and grandparents. The problem about
immigrant workers is always that they are low skilled worker. If they were high
skilled worker, they can certainly contribute the U.S economy and nobody
complains about them. Now, Japanese government thinks about admitting more
immigrants from the other Asian countries such as China, Thailand, and
Philippine because Japanese population is decreasing, meaning the worker is
also decreased. In short term, they can fulfill the labor market of Japan, but
I wonder if it makes Japanese worker difficult to get a job in long term. As
the article says, limiting the ability for immigrants is very important for the
economy. Nowadays, Big immigrants countries are suffer from immigrants
themselves so, Japan have to learn about the case of U.S, meaning it is risky to admit many low skilled worker
from foreign countries.
It's really interesting me reading this article, especially as I am sitting in the Mexico City airport. From the trip I have been on, centered around Mexican migration, I have heard many personal stories about migration to the United States and personally viewed the households of many of these migrants. I'm still not sure what the answer is considering the regulation of migration, but especially since this article published in 2005, migration to the US has declined because the opportunity cost of going to the US is too great.
ReplyDeleteIf Japan's labor force is decreasing, it makes sense to allow more immigration. As long as the current citizens of Japan are becoming educated, increasing the immigration of unskilled workers should not affect the job market of the current educated citizens. The issue with increasing unskilled immigration is the battle for unskilled employment between current citizens and those migrants. The difficulty for Japan is balancing less immigration restriction (more unskilled workers) with the decrease in the standard of living for current unskilled citizens. They must increase the labor force if the economy is to keep growing, the question is how far do they go and how will the population react.
ReplyDeleteIf Japan's labor force is decreasing, it makes sense to allow more immigration. As long as the current citizens of Japan are becoming educated, increasing the immigration of unskilled workers should not affect the job market of the current educated citizens. The issue with increasing unskilled immigration is the battle for unskilled employment between current citizens and those migrants. The difficulty for Japan is balancing less immigration restriction (more unskilled workers) with the decrease in the standard of living for current unskilled citizens. They must increase the labor force if the economy is to keep growing, the question is how far do they go and how will the population react.
ReplyDeleteHideo states an interesting point that if immigrants workers were in higher skilled jobs and contributing to the economy then there would be much less complain about them. I agree that the US should focus on bringing in high-skilled legal immigrants. I think that if high skilled immigrants come to the US they should be encouraged to stay after their success and continue to help the US economy, which gave them the opportunity for success, grow in return. There is a concern with overcrowding our labor force, especially while we still have a high unemployment rate.
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