@techreport{NBERw12327, title = "A Comparative Analysis of the Labor Market Impact of International Migration: Canada, Mexico, and the United States", author = "Abdurrahman Aydemir and George J. Borjas", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "12327", year = "2006", month = "June", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w12327", abstract = {Using data drawn from the Canadian, Mexican, and U.S. Censuses, we find a numerically comparable and statistically significant inverse relation between immigrant-induced shifts in labor supply and wages in each of the three countries: A 10 percent labor supply shift is associated with a 3 to 4 percent opposite-signed change in wages. Despite the similarity in the wage response, the impact of migration on the wage structure differs significantly across countries. International migration narrowed wage inequality in Canada; increased it in the United States; and reduced the relative wage of workers at the bottom of the skill distribution in Mexico.}, }