jobs, these jobs simply never existed before to be stolen.
Jhoon Rhee, the “father” of American Tae Kwon Do brought
this new sport and health system to the US, established first
Tae Kwon Do schools here and, as of now, created a huge
movement of hundreds of thousands of devoted followers.
Many claim his input in health improvement in the US is far
greater than that of many pharmaceutical companies, and
that’s not taking into account the educational and self-
disciplinary value of the sport. Even better examples come
from science and research realms. Einstein brought a
completely new technology to the US that had become a
cornerstone of physics in the US.
Complementarily and New Directions:
Extreme Examples
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The population in the Silicon Valley, America’s high-tech and IT hub, is
comprised of a disproportionately high number of immigrants, in
particular people of Chinese, Indian, and Eastern European decent.
•
Most of them came (were invited) there
because of their knowledge and skills.
•
The synergetic effect
is obvious in the Silicon
Valley: as in brain storming, two minds
together produce more ideas than the sum
of two minds working separately. Numerous
completely new technologies and
thousands of completely new jobs are
evidence of the beneficial effect of
immigrants on job creation and wage
increase.
Consider this when you talk about effects of
Immigration:
Supply/Demand/Price/Job
Effects of immigration on
prices
and
employment/wages
are largely determined by
supply and demand. Immigrants also need food, a place to live and a shirt to put
on.
While immigrants take jobs (and reduce wages) by offering their heads and
hands
, they also
create jobs (and increase wages) by creating demand for goods
and services.
Most cities have developed networks of ethnic food stores and service companies,
jobs that were created almost exclusively to serve immigrants. Many
Americans
have jobs because immigrants too need food, housing, clothing, services.
The overall net effect of immigration on prices and employment depends
whether
the demand for goods and services created by immigrants outweighs the supply of
labor created by immigration
.
Ethnic food stores are a perfect example of jobs created
exclusively because of immigrant presence. But
immigrants also shop at other stores and use many other
services, creating demand (jobs) for locals.
Labor Supply/Demand: Extreme Examples
Labor Supply/Demand: Extreme Examples
Immigrants that provide no supply of labor (take no jobs, don’t
lower wages), but create demand (pay) for products and
services and create jobs:
–
Tourists; international students; millionaires
Immigrants that offer labor, but create no demand (have no
money to pay for services and goods):
–
Refugees and other very poor immigrants (though indirectly they
create demand by putting pressure on social agencies)
Most are in between: take some jobs (supply labor) and create
some demand for (buy) goods and services thereby creating
jobs.
Immigration and Increased Wages?
