George Borjas has treated the data around the Mariel Boatlift differently & found a large negative effect for natives http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/gborjas/publications/working%20papers/Mariel2015.pdf …
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"The drop in the relative wage of the least educated Miami's was substantial (10 to 30 percent)"
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Note that this is an 'exogenous' influx of immigrants (e.g. refugees), unlikely to extend to most 'endogenous' economic migrants.
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(Though of course it's difficult to categorise people from very poor countries who'd prefer extreme poverty in Britain to work at home)
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@anomalyuk I fled a brutal dictatorpic.twitter.com/nzts5Ltfin
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