# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-j-borjas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:48:21.659Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/george-j-borjas"
name: "George J. Borjas"
slug: "george-j-borjas"
description: "George Jesus Borjas is a Cuban-American economist and the Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He has been described as \"America's leading immigration economist\" and \"the leading sceptic of immigration among economists\". Borjas has published a number of studies that conclude that low-skilled immigration adversely affects low-skilled natives, a proposition that is debated among economists."
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birthDate: "1950-10-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump