MIT Study by economists: Immigrants help address the US eldercare shortage. Really!

I guess, lefties always have an excuse for illegal mass immigration!

Why does the MIT not develop robots to assist elderly?

These MIT economists are jokers!

"... Overall, [MIT economist Jonathan] Gruber and his colleagues determined that when there is more immigration, registered nurses and other aides work more hours at nursing homes, without displacing already-employed caregivers, while patient outcomes improve. Essentially, a 10 percent increase in female immigrants in a given metro area leads to a 1.1 percent increase in hours that registered nurses spend with elderly patients, while hospitalizations for those patients drop, among other things. ..."

It appears the same three authors and economists like to churn the same subject again and again. See also their paper Immigration, The Long-Term Care Workforce, and Elder Outcomes in the U.S. (published February 2023)

Study: Immigrants help address the US eldercare shortage | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Economists find that in metro areas with more immigration, nurses are spending more time with elderly patients."

Immigration, The Long-Term Care Workforce, and Elder Outcomes in the U.S.  (no public access, not even for the abstract!!!)

MIT economist Jonathan Gruber