Title: Native internal migration and the labor market impact of immigration
First published: 2005
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.
Subjects: Econometric models, Economic aspects, Economic aspects of Internal migration, Emigration and immigration, Internal Migration, Labor market, Migration, Internal
Places: United States
LC classification: HB1