Native Internal Migration and the Labor Market Impact of Immigration

Preprint
Publisher Website
Google Scholar
  • 1 January 2005
    • preprint
      • Published in RePEc
Abstract
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.
All Related Versions

This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: