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21 August 2012

Liberalising immigration would double the world’s income overnight

A new paper from NBER suggests that a 116% increase in wages could result.

By Alex Hern

The Washington Post’s Dylan Matthews reports on a new paper from the (US) National Bureau of Economic Research (£), which examines what would happen if all immigration restrictions were dropped.

Matthews summarises:

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