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Title: Occupational Context and Wage Competition of New Immigrant Latinos with Minorities and Whites

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2003

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ISSN: 0034-6446

DOI: 10.1007/s12114-003-1004-9

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Abstract: The continuing in-migration of less-skilled workers to the United States has triggered mounting concern regarding the impact of immigration on natives. Scholars and laypeople alike are keenly interested in whether immigrants dampen wages for U.S. natives, particularly for minorities, who are thought to experience greater labor market competition with less-skilled immigrants than do whites. Research has provided limited evidence that immigration depresses native pay in general (see Smith and Edmonston 1997; and Borjas 1999 for reviews). Findings regarding wage costs of immigration to native-born minorities or less-skilled workers have been inconsistent: analyses suggest that negative wage effects may obtain for the less-skilled (e.g., Johnson 1998) and for some racial/ethnic groups among native workers (Howell and Mueller 2000; Reimers 1998). However, research also suggests that immigration may positively influence wages for particular minority groups (Reimers 1998; Ong and Valenzuela 1996). Notably, research on immigrant-native wage competition has been dominated by so-called “area studies,” which compare aggregate wages across metropolitan areas (MAs). Borjas (1999) suggests moving beyond this approach. Others argue specifically that research on immigrant-native wage competition should more . . .

Url: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1007/s12114-003-1004-9

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Authors: Catanzarite, Lisa

Periodical (Full): The Review of Black Political Economy

Issue: 1-2

Volume: 31

Pages: 77-94

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other

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