Assignment:
Reading Report
Please read the paperBorjas (2017), and answer the following questions.Your answers should be concise and organized in bullet points, andexplained in your own words that are understandable to someone who has not read the article. Please type up your answers, print out the report, and bring it to class.Preferred length is within 1 page, single spaced.
1. This paper re-evaluates the Mariel boatlift impacts in Card (1990). What is the new angle in Borjas paper?
2. What empirical method is used in Borjas (2017)?
3. Search for other recent literature on the effect of immigration on natives' wages, list at least one reference and briefly summarize what approach is used in that paper, how it differs from Borjas (2017), and what the conclusion is.
Readings:
The wage impact of the marielitos: A Reappraisal
By George J. Borjas