Washington, D.C. (June 28, 2022) - The costs and benefits of immigration are routinely measured, weighed, and debated in academic journals. No fair reading of the literature could conclude that immigration has only benefits — or only costs, for that matter. A 2016 review by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine demonstrated the mixed effects of immigration, as have dozens of studies appearing since that time. A new compendium uses the National Academies as a starting point, then summarizes a sample of subsequently published papers that find costs associated with immigration.

The papers listed by the author, Jason Richwine, a resident scholar at the Center for Immigration Studies, address the labor market impact of immigration as well as broader effects. This is the third and most up-to-date edition of the compendium, which was originally published in 2019 and then revised in 2020, to include new research.

"Immigration advocates often claim a scholarly consensus for their side," Richwine said. "This compendium shows that nothing could be further from the truth.”

Richwine provides a curated list of recent articles appearing in academic journals, including the Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Human Capital, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Labour Economics, Journal of Population Economics, and more.