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Raise Wages, Not Walls. Michael S. Dukakis and Daniel J. B. Mitchell
From 2006, a minimum wage increase as a way to attract American
workers to low-wage jobs and deter undocumented ones.
The Best Anti-Immigration Plan. Hispanic Pundit
A blog page on the implications of Dukakis/Mitchell
article, above.
Shattering Stereotypes about Immigrant Workers. The New York Times
From June 2007, an article about the widespread presence of illegal
immigrants in many industries and their wages at or above the minimum.
At the Intersection of the Minimum Wage and Illegal Immigration. Howard Baetjer
The ripple effects of higher minimum wages and increasing illegal immigration
and a recommendation for open immigration and no minimum wage. 2007
The minimum wage vs. immigration. Ezra Klein
A comparison of the impacts of minimum wage increases on employment
and of immigrant employment on wages. July 2007
Dobbs-O-Nomics: Minimum Wage Hikes and Lettuce Patch Fascism. Thomas Andrew Olson
Commentary on CNN's Lou Dobbs' analysis of minimum wage and
immigration issues. April 2006
Among Janitors, Labor Violations Go with the Job. Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times
From 2005, the growth of illegal-immigrant labor and sub-minimum
wages in the janitorial industry.
The Migratory Impact of Minimum Wage Legislation: Puerto Rico, 1970-1987. Carlos E. Santiago
The abstract for a mathematically elaborate study published
in 1993. Beginning in 1974, Puerto Rican minimum wages were standardized and regularly increased; the change was followed
by a reduction in emigration to the U. S.
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