Mexican immigrants will move for low-skill jobs. No one else will.

*The power of the immigrant Mexican worker is that they’re willing to go where the work is. And that’s good for the economy. This story was suggested by Taquista Octavio Hinojosa Mier. VL

By Jeff Guo, Washington Post

Recessions are a big shake-up for the economy. Some places gain jobs, and other places lose them, and so people often have to move in search of opportunity. What economists Brian Cadena and Brian Kovak found is that among low-skilled workers (those with a high-school degree or less), Mexican-born immigrants are unique in that they moved quite a bit in search of jobs during the last recession. Native-born low-skilled workers, in contrast, tended to stay in one place regardless of how the local economy was doing.

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