But in practice, immigration is often not as beneficial as it could be, because the target country has a rigid wage structure that prevents the additional jobs needed to employ the immigrants from being created. If, for example, a target country provides minimum wage guarantees and replacement incomes for the domestic unemployed, immigrants simply force domestic residents into the care of the welfare state.
但是实际上，移民并非如此有益，因为接收国家的工资体系僵硬，阻碍了创造让移民就业所需要的工作机会。比如，如果某一接收国家提供最低工资保障以及国内失业者的安置收入，移民就会迫使国内居民领取国家福利。这并非是移民本身的问题，而是国内社会和劳动力市场机构不合理造成的。