Asked by Yesenia Zacharkiw on Jun 07, 2024

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What may be the complementary relationship, in terms of employment, between illegal fruit pickers and domestic-born truck drivers?

Complementary Relationship

A situation where two goods or services are used together, and the increase in consumption of one leads to an increase in consumption of the other.

Illegal Fruit Pickers

Individuals who are employed in agricultural harvesting without legal authorization or documentation.

Domestic-born Truck Drivers

Truck drivers who are born within the country they are working, as opposed to those who have immigrated.

  • Describe the complementary relationship between different types of workers in the context of immigration.
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Dreeana DavisJun 14, 2024
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As with legal immigrants, some illegal workers are complementary inputs to domestic-born workers, not substitutes. An example is the illegal fruit pickers and the domestic-born truck drivers who deliver the fruit to grocery stores. The lower price of the fruit increases the amount of fruit demanded and thus the amount of it that needs to be delivered. As a result, the labor demand increases for the complementary truck drivers whose wage rates rise.