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Average Annual Earnings of Native Male Workers, 2000 |
Income Lost |
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Education |
Actual |
If No Immigration |
Amount |
Percent |
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High School Dropouts |
$24,812 |
$26,795 |
-$1,983 |
-7.4% |
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High School Graduates |
$32,098 |
$32,787 |
-$689 |
-2.1% |
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Some College |
$41,427 |
$42,402 |
-$975 |
-2.3% |
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College Graduates |
$72,871 |
$75,592 |
-$2,721 |
-3.6% |
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Percentage income reduction: George Borjas, "Increasing the Supply of Labor Through |
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Edwin S. Rubenstein (email him) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.
