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Title: The impact of migration on earnings inequality

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: This paper examines the impact of migration on earnings inequality using 1940?2015 data from the U.S. census and American Community Survey. Despite measurement challenges, I successfully replicate existing findings regarding national trends in earnings inequality and migration, and subsequently analyze regional and state patterns. Using 1940 birthplace information to instrument for migration, I find that recent immigration mildly increases the top decile earnings share, while recent in-migration and out-migration have no significant effects on such inequality. I estimate that immigration contributed 5.8 percent to the observed rise in U.S. earnings inequality from 1950 to 2015, primarily through a non-migrant channel.

Url: https://econpapers.repec.org/paper/fipfedbwp/19-5.htm

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Authors: Jackson, Osborne

Series Title: Working Papers from Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Publication Number: 19-5

Institution: FRB of Boston

Pages: 54

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

Countries: United States