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Immigration and the Trillion-Dollar Lottery

Stunning new research on immigration’s contribution to productivity growth both at home and abroad.

by Veronique de Rugy

September 8, 2021, 11:47 PM

Migrant workers in San Ysidro, CA (Chad Zuber/Shutterstock.com)

Exactly 10 years ago, economist Michael Clemens published a paper in the prestigious Journal of Economic Perspectives called “Economics and Emigration: Trillion-Dollar Bills on the Sidewalk?” He urged...

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