A comparative analysis of the labor market impact of international migration
Subtitle: canada, mexico, and the united states
By: Abdurrahman Aydemir, George J. Borjas
Contributors: Borjas, George J.; National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 12327; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 12327.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Description: "Using data drawn from the Canadian, Mexican, and U.S.  Censuses, we find a numerically comparable and statistically significant inverse relation between immigrant-induced shifts in labor supply and wages in each of the three countries: A 10 percent labor supply shift is associated with a 3 to 4 percent opposite-signed change in wages.  Despite the similarity in the wage response, the impact of migration on the wage structure differs significantly across countries.  International migration narrowed wage inequality in Canada; increased it in the United States; and reduced the relative wage of workers at the bottom of the skill distribution in Mexico"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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