TY  - JOUR
AU  - Borjas,George J.
TI  - Native Internal Migration and the Labor Market Impact of Immigration
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 11610
PY  - 2005
Y2  - September 2005
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11610
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11610.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
George J. Borjas
Harvard Kennedy School
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617/495-1393
Fax: 617/495-9532
E-Mail: gborjas@harvard.edu
AB  - 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.
ER  -