Cuban Migration

Economy Two studies, 26 years apart, conducted an analysis of the effects of Cuban immigration on the Miami labor market after the Mariel boatlift. The first study conducted by David card showed that 50% of Cubans that immigrated during the Mariel boatlift decided to reside in Miami permanently ( quote). This resulted in a 7% increase and workers in the Miami market and a 20% increase in the Cuban working population ( Card). The study also showed that the employment rate rose from 5% in April 1987 .1% in July 1980. in 1990 looked at the bottom quarter of workers in Miami and concluded that the Mariel boatlift had had virtually no effect on the wages of low skilled non Cubans. He also found no evidence of increased unemployment. Karch study …show more content…
Being a high school dropout was a very important characteristic because most of the Cubans that immigrated during the Mariel boatlift did not complete high school ( quote). Borjas Analysis show that in Miami wages for native born men with no high school diploma were as much as 20% lower than for similar workers in other metropolitan area following the mass migration of Cubans to the area in 1980s and late 1990s in Miami (Borjas …show more content…
Cuban immigrants also did not have to abandon their religious and cultural traditions. Do to the close proximity of Cuba to South Florida, no restriction on travel to and from Cuba and tourism Cuba had been Americanized years before Castro overthrow the government in 1959. So for many Cuban immigrants living in Miami was very similar to being in their home