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Do Immigrants Affect Economic Institutions? Evidence from the American States

Standard economic models predict large economic gains from liberalized immigration. However, those models assume that immigrants would have no effect on the causes of economic prosperity in destination countries.

July 2023 • Public Affairs Quarterly Vol. 37 No. 3
By Alex Nowrasteh, Michael Howard, and Andrew C. Forrester
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Senior Vice President for Policy, Cato Institute

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