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Title: High-Skilled Immigration and Native Task Specialization in U.S. Cities

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Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: This study examines the effect of high-skilled immigration on the occupational structure of native-born workers in U.S. cities. I find that increases in foreign college workers in STEM occupations, where they hold a comparative advantage over native-born workers, increase the specialization of college natives in social-intensive tasks. Consistent with the productivity effect of task specialization, I find no evidence of displacement effects but do find evidence of positive wage effects of foreign STEM flows on college natives, particularly for those in high-social occupations. Because migration flows are endogenous, I use a shift-share instrument to identify the effect of high-skilled immigration.

Url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2019.06.004

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Authors: Lin, Gary C

Periodical (Full): Regional Science and Urban Economics

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Volume: 77

Pages: 289-305

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration, Other

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