Winning the Visa Lottery
Research Highlights Article August 13, 2026 Winning the visa lottery Evidence from a US government lottery shows that restricting foreign low-skill workers shrinks businesses without creating jobs for Americans. Tyler Smith Source: Ragesoss, CC BY-SA 3.0 Researchers broadly agree that high-skill immigrants complement native labor. But for low-skill work, the evidence has been less clear, with estimates swinging widely depending on the assumptions made.
- ▪Research Highlights Article August 13, 2026 Winning the visa lottery Evidence from a US government lottery shows that restricting foreign low-skill workers shrinks businesses without creating jobs for Americans.
- ▪Tyler Smith Source: Ragesoss, CC BY-SA 3.0 Researchers broadly agree that high-skill immigrants complement native labor.
- ▪But for low-skill work, the evidence has been less clear, with estimates swinging widely depending on the assumptions made.
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| Original publisher | Aeaweb |
| Canonical URL | https://www.aeaweb.org/research/immigration-restrictions-firms-workers |
| Publication time | Mon, 21 Sep 2026 03:37:02 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-21T05:08:47.494Z |
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Research Highlights Article August 13, 2026 Winning the visa lottery Evidence from a US government lottery shows that restricting foreign low-skill workers shrinks businesses without creating jobs for Americans. Tyler Smith Source: Ragesoss, CC BY-SA 3.0 Researchers broadly agree that high-skill immigrants complement native labor. But for low-skill work, the evidence has been less clear, with estimates swinging widely depending on the assumptions made. In a paper in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, authors Michael A. Clemens and Ethan G. Lewis studied the economic effects of low-skill immigration by exploiting a randomized lottery for visas run by the federal government.
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