Adam Perkins

That was true of the Irish in the US I'm sure. The Spicer's, the Flynn's, the Ryan's. Your rationality is hiding bias.

I'm sure I possess plenty of biases, just like everyone else. In this case, these data aren't mine so don't shoot the messenger

Is it corrected for age, gender, education level? The point is not to judge people based on behaviour of their group.

If a migrant group is bad news I doubt national governments care much about the causes, they just want them to keep them out...

I'm talking about individual human beings. A group being overrepresented on a graph does not mean each member is bad news.

Indeed - there are always exceptions that prove the rule. But it's hard to make national policy on an indivdual level.

It's very easy. You can use points system like the Australians.

Yep - except I'm not sure it applies to refugees.

That's Norway! US arabs hav more human capital than average and r doctors/lawyers.Y? Bcoz capitalism more inclusive than social democracy

It's not quite that simple, depends which migrant group you look at eg Somalians don't perform well either side of the Atlantic.

There is always more than 1 factor but US is great at turning poor violent communities better off (Scot/Irish borderers were the original!)

Not necessarily - look at the enduringly high levels of poverty and violence in many African American communities in the USA.

Many African Americans never got proper access to inclusive institutions, kept out of ordinary labour markets. A terrible legacy of slavery.

Indeed - hence the US is not necessarily going to increase the human capital of all groups.

it does of almost all *willing* migrant communities. The UK is not too bad either !

Just reading the buzzfeed article about you. Keep up the good work.

Or why is it that corporates favour immigration if there is no cost benefit (wage compression).

The only way to explain that away is via productivity advantages of newcomers which calls into question education in the UK.

Well then perhaps our education system is at fault? No can't change that.

Maybe the welfare state is a disincentive to employment/productivity? No another PC piety that shouldn't be challenged.