Labor Outflows and Labor Inflows in Puerto Rico

George Borjas

Journal of Human Capital, 2008, vol. 2, issue 1, 32-68

Abstract: Although a sizable fraction of the Puerto Rican-born population moved to the United States, the island also received large inflows of persons born outside Puerto Rico. Hence Puerto Rico provides a unique setting for examining how labor inflows and outflows coexist and measuring the mirror-image wage impact of these flows. The study yields two findings. First, the skills of the out-migrants differ from those of the in-migrants. Puerto Rico attracts high-skill in-migrants and exports low-skill workers. Second, the two flows have opposing effects on wages: in-migrants lower the wage of competing workers, and out-migrants increase the wage.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1086/527521

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