The labor demand was downward sloping: Disentangling migrants’ inflows and outflows, 1929–1957

Costanza Biavaschi

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 118, issue 3, 531-534

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 earnings growth 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.

Keywords: Migration flows; Impact of migration; Out-migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J01 J61 N32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.12.005

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