#Companies That Hire Undocumented Workers Have a Competitive #Advantage -
Firms that employ undocumented workers are 18.9% less likely than other firms to go out of #business, according to a study led by J. David Brown of the Institute for the Study of #Labor , in Germany, of companies in the U.S. state of Georgia. The benefits of employing undocumented immigrants stem from companies’ ability to pay them less and are most pronounced in labor-intensive industries where companies are geographically concentrated and where worker churn is high. Thus it is likely that the most intense opposition to immigration reform will come from industries with those characteristics, the #researchers say. #HBR
Firms that employ undocumented workers are 18.9% less likely than other firms to go out of #business, according to a study led by J. David Brown of the Institute for the Study of #Labor , in Germany, of companies in the U.S. state of Georgia. The benefits of employing undocumented immigrants stem from companies’ ability to pay them less and are most pronounced in labor-intensive industries where companies are geographically concentrated and where worker churn is high. Thus it is likely that the most intense opposition to immigration reform will come from industries with those characteristics, the #researchers say. #HBR