The Labor Demand Was Downward Sloping: Disentangling Migrants' Inflows and Outflows, 1929-1957

This paper studies in- and out-migration from the U.S. during the first half of the twentieth century and assesses how these flows affected state-level labor markets. It shows that out-migration positively impacted the wages of remaining workers, while in-migration had a negative impact. Hence, immigrant arrivals were substitutes of the existing workforce, while out-migration reduced the competitive pressure on labor markets.

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Year of publication:	2012-11
Authors:	Biavaschi, Costanza
Institutions:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	impact of migration \| migration flows

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	published in: Economics Letters, 2013, 118 (3), 531–534 Number 7049 11 pages
Classification:	F22 - International Migration ; J01 - Labor Economics: General ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; N32 - U.S.; Canada: 1913-
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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