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Will stopping immigration cause labor shortages?
Will halting immigration trigger labor shortages? I'll pull recent research on jobs, demographics, and wages to answer.
Yes, according to the majority of economic and demographic research, a complete or sustained sharp reduction in immigration would cause or significantly worsen labor shortages - not reduce them.
The effect is not uniform across all industries and regions, but the consensus is t