Economics
Undocumented Workers Shed Light on Disability: Eco Research Wrap
- They have similar health but vastly different disability data
- Harvard’s Borjas says that’s a sign of fraud in the system
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Disability has skyrocketed in the U.S., opening a lot of hard-to-answer questions about exactly why. Are Americans less healthy, or is something else going on?
Researchers use a novel control group -- undocumented immigrants -- to test out just what’s happening. That’s the lead item in this week’s economic research roundup, which also looks at the benefits of transportation infrastructure, the outlook for natural unemployment, the value of social media, and American workforce dropouts. Check this column each Tuesday for summaries of the latest economic research from around the world.