Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/69329 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7049
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper studies in- and out-migration from the U.S. during the first half of the twentieth century and assesses how these flows affected state-level labor markets. It shows that out-migration positively impacted the wages of remaining workers, while in-migration had a negative impact. Hence, immigrant arrivals were substitutes of the existing workforce, while out-migration reduced the competitive pressure on labor markets.
Subjects: 
migration flows
impact of migration
JEL: 
F22
J01
J61
N32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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