Native internal migration and the labor market impact of immigration
By: George J. Borjas.
Contributors: National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11610; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11610.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Labor market -- United States -- Econometric models.; Migration, Internal -- Economic aspects -- United States.; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
Description: "This paper presents a theoretical and empirical study of how immigration influences the joint determination of the wage structure and internal migration behavior for native-born workers in local labor markets.  Using data from the 1960-2000 decennial censuses, the study shows that immigration is associated with lower in-migration rates, higher out-migration rates, and a decline in the growth rate of the native workforce.  The native migration response attenuates the measured impact of immigration on wages in a local labor market by 40 to 60 percent, depending on whether the labor market is defined at the state or metropolitan area level"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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