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Title: Immigration, Labor Market Mobility, and the Earnings of Native-born Workers: An Occupational Segmentation Approach

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2006

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Abstract: This article seeks to improve on previous estimates of the impact of immigration on native wages by using an occupational segmentation approach that directly controls for regional migration and other shifts in the native-born U.S. labor supply. The U.S. labor market is segmented by occupation in order to determine which, if any, native workers tend to be vulnerable to increased immigrant competition for jobs. The results suggest that native-born workers in the primary sector are the main beneficiaries of increased immigration, while native-born Hispanic females in the secondary sector are the most susceptible to downward wage pressures.

Url: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1536-7150.2006.00453.x

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Authors: Pedace, Roberto

Periodical (Full): American Journal of Economics and Sociology

Issue: 3

Volume: 34

Pages: 313-345

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

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