A study of the results of the Mariel boat lift on wages in Miami found:
A) significant declines in wages for unskilled workers.
B) no significant decline in wages for unskilled workers because firms employed low-skilled workers as a substitute for computers.
C) ironically, a rise in wages and salaries paid to low-skilled workers because the boat lift immigrants had superior technical skills.
D) that wages in the apparel industry collapsed, raising unemployment across the board and lowering wages of all workers in all skill categories.

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The study found no significant decline in wages for unskilled workers because firms employed low-skilled workers as a substitute for computers, indicating that the influx of immigrants did not negatively impact the wages of native unskilled workers as might have been expected.

A Study of the Results of the Mariel Boat Lift