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John McIntire's avatar

Would be interesting to know if the skilled workers category can be broken into (1) skilled workers with necessary higher academic credentials (doctors, lawyers, teachers, architects); and (2) skilled workers without such necessary higher academic credentials (plumbers, electricians, carpenters, skilled appliance repair workers, machine operators). The skilled worker elasticity of substitution might be lower (I hypothesize) because skilled workers are more able to defend their interests than are « unskilled » workers (cleaners, drivers, gardeners, domestics, food service workers) and more able to exclude entry from Venezuelans and other foreigners with similar, but not exactly the same, credentials.

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Keshler Thibert's avatar

Thank you for covering this topic. I lived in Chile for some time. In fact, i consider the country my second home. It was interesting to witness the influx of Haitians and Venezuelans into the country. A little surprised about the influx of people into the South.

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