Immigrant Inflows, Native Outflows, and the Local Labor Market Impacts of Higher Immigration.

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Journal: Journal of Labor Economics
Year: 2001
Volume: 19
Issue: 1
Pages: 22-64

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Abstract

This article uses 1990 census data to study the effects of immigrant inflows on occupation-specific labor market outcomes. I find that intercity mobility rates of natives and earlier immigrants are insensitive to immigrant inflows. However, occupation-specific wages and employment rates are systematically lower in cities with higher relative supplies of workers in a given occupation. The results imply that immigrant inflows over the 1980s reduced wages and employment rates of low-skilled natives in traditional gateway cities like Miami and Los Angeles by 1-3 percentage points. Copyright 2001 by University of Chicago Press.

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RePEc Handle
repec:ucp:jlabec:v:19:y:2001:i:1:p:22-64
Journal Field
Labor
Author Count
1
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2026-01-25