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Wealthy nations reap huge benefits from immigration, study finds
Reuters ^ | June 25, 2026

Posted on 06/26/2026 7:22:15 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Wealthy nations with the highest rate of immigration over the past 35 years reaped a large economic benefit and many could still absorb more ​workers, according to research to be presented at a top European Central Bank conference next week.

Political tensions ‌over immigration have been on the rise in recent years as far-right, anti-immigrant parties have helped drive the issue to near the top of the political agenda while making headway in countries including the U.S., Germany and Britain.

The study, which looked at data in dozens of rich ​countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, said growth and productivity were both likely to have ​been boosted sharply by the influx of immigrants, most of whom were highly skilled, despite ⁠any political claims to the contrary.

"Receiving countries' labour productivity grew significantly during and after periods of higher immigration rates," said ​the paper, authored by University of California, Davis professor Giovanni Peri.

"The predictive coefficients are often significant, economically large and a significant ​portion of such growth in GDP per worker is realized through strong growth in investments," the paper to be presented at the ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra said.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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1 posted on 06/26/2026 7:22:15 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Would love to see the data.


2 posted on 06/26/2026 7:23:52 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: neverevergiveup

Importing Islam is never going to help.


3 posted on 06/26/2026 7:25:49 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Sure, for making some people filthy rich, but the rest of us are paying the price for it.


4 posted on 06/26/2026 7:26:28 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MinorityRepublican
Wealthy nations with the highest rate of immigration over the past 35 years reaped a large economic benefit and many could still absorb more ​workers...

They packed a lot of lies into a few words.

Very efficient.

5 posted on 06/26/2026 7:27:02 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Israel über alles.)
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To: Paladin2

Agree. Importing any group that doesn’t want to assimilate will dilute the native culture.


6 posted on 06/26/2026 7:27:21 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: neverevergiveup

I’d love to have Peter Navarro see this data.


7 posted on 06/26/2026 7:30:04 PM PDT by sopo
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To: MinorityRepublican

What workers? I though most of them were on welfare. They have no education or skills. With an average IQ of 81 They’re just a drag on society. They contribute nothing.


8 posted on 06/26/2026 7:33:22 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yah sure. Right.


9 posted on 06/26/2026 7:34:14 PM PDT by dinodino ( Shut it down anyway. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

The $39 trillion in federal debt wasn’t acquired by people paying their way.

Probably about 90% of the American middle class doesn’t pay its way (~$18,000/person/year[Federal budget $7 trillion/year/350 million residents]).

People on average making 52% of the average income are simply not net taxpayers. Are they bad people as a result? Probably not. Government is simply spending too much.

Our public servants are costly to keep employed.

A real estate tax rate of 1.5% for 40 years means getting 60% of physical things such as houses. Policemen and mainly female teachers are often wonderful, but they simply don’t deserve 60% of all there is nationally.


10 posted on 06/26/2026 7:34:41 PM PDT by Brian Griffin ($324 billion -> Iran; nothing worthwhile for the USA or Israel)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Third World crap holes are tremendously wealthy. That’s why when the immigrants leave the crap holes and come to fully developed nations, they help the fully developed nations to also become rich. Right?


11 posted on 06/26/2026 7:35:16 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell warned us about Rivers of Blood. Well, I sure hope they're coming. It's the only fix.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Babel. Babel II. Nimrods.


12 posted on 06/26/2026 7:35:24 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." ) I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Throwing down the BSflag on this one.


13 posted on 06/26/2026 7:36:19 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Simply flinging every person into the USA or EU wouldn’t eliminate poverty.


14 posted on 06/26/2026 7:37:30 PM PDT by Brian Griffin ($324 billion -> Iran; nothing worthwhile for the USA or Israel)
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To: MinorityRepublican
"Wealthy nations reap huge benefits from immigration, study finds"

Reuters pro-immigration propaganda article doesn't differentiate between legal and illegal immigration effects.
15 posted on 06/26/2026 7:41:23 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
It helps the managerial class with cheap, compliant labor. It screws over US workers, their wages and bargaining power to get raises.
16 posted on 06/26/2026 7:45:17 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; All
There is only ONE reason to import people: That reason is to increase the labor supply and put downward pressure on wages. THERE IS NO OTHER REASON FOR IMMIGRATION.
17 posted on 06/26/2026 7:46:59 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: MinorityRepublican

How wealthy nations go socialist.


18 posted on 06/26/2026 7:47:34 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Tossing Mr. Old Timer onto the economic scrapheap and replacing him with Mr. Immigrant doesn’t pay off since Mr. Old Timer still has costly needs such as health care and housing.

Is Mr. Immigrant to blame? No, but tossing people aside has a cost that must be paid and it is not $0.


19 posted on 06/26/2026 7:47:54 PM PDT by Brian Griffin ($324 billion -> Iran; nothing worthwhile for the USA or Israel)
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To: clearcarbon
Legal immigration is also bad. All immigration needs to stop for decades.
20 posted on 06/26/2026 7:49:44 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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