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Will stopping immigration cause labor shortages?
Your question touches on jobs, demographics, and shortages — I'll gather current evidence on how immigration affects labor supply.
Stopping or sharply reducing immigration is very likely to cause or worsen labor shortages in most advanced economies, but not evenly across all industries - evidence points to concentrated, structural shortages rather than a uniform shortage.
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