Native Internal Migration and the Labor Market Impact of Immigration

By George J Borjas. The Journal of human resources, 2006

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This paper presents a theoretical and empirical study of how immigration influences the joint determination of the wage structure and internal migration behavior for native-born workers in local labor markets. Using data from the 1960–2000 decennial censuses, the study shows that immigration is associated with lower in-migration rates, higher out-migration rates, and a decline in the growth rate of the native workforce. The native migration response attenuates the measured impact of immigration on wages in a local labor market by 40 to 60 percent, depending on whether the labor market is defined at the state or metropolitan area level.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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Immigration and House Prices in the UK (2015, neutral): “This is consistent with the analysis in Borjas (2006) and suggests that native mobility may di¤use the e¤ects of immigration throughout these broad regions.”
The impact of the economic crisis on international migration: a review (2011, methodology): “(Card, 2001, 2005; Kahanec and Zimmerman, 2009). Peri (2009), using a ‘Card’ methodology, replicates Card’s findings for the long run, and for the short run during economic expansions.”
The Impact of Refugee Crises on Host Labor Markets: The Case of the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Turkey (2015, background): “This is consistent with the main argument put forward by Borjas (2006).”
The labour market impact of immigration (2008, background): “While Wright, Ellis and Reibel (1997), Card and DiNardo (2000), and Card (2001, 2005) find little to no evidence for this phenomenon, Filer (1992), Frey (1995, 1996), Borjas (2003, 2006) and Hatton and Tani (2005) consider out-migration of natives a far more important factor.”
The Impact of the Recent Migration from Eastern Europe on the UK Economy (2007, neutral): “More recently, Borjas (2003, 2006) and Borjas and Katz (2005) have argued that the negative impacts are large.”
Attenuation Bias in Measuring the Wage Impact of Immigration (2011, background): “Filer (1992), Frey (1995), and Borjas (2006) find a strong internal migration response, while Card (2001) and Kritz and Gurak (2001) find little connection between native migration and immigration.”
The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying (2014, background): “Related papers include Lowell and Christian (2000), Lowell (2000, 2001), Stephan and Levin (2001), Matloff (2003), Zavodny (2003), Borjas (2006), Hanson, Scheve, and Slaughter (2009), Hunt and Gauthier-Loiselle (2010), Hunt (2011), Oreopoulos (2011), Peri (2011), Kato and Sparber (2013), and Foley…”
How Does Immigration Affect Native Internal Mobility? New Evidence from Italy (2010, background): “In contrast, Borjas et al. (1997) report a strong negative correlation between native net migration and immigration by states; Borjas (2006) finds that immigration is associated with lower in-migration rates, higher out-migration rates, and a decline in the growth rate of the native workforce.”
Measuring the Labor Market Impacts of Hurricane Katrina Migration: Evidence from Houston, Texas (2008, background): “…(2001) finds that a three percent immigrant-induced increase in the local labor supply lowers wages among low-skilled natives by 1.5 percent, while Borjas (2006) finds that a ten percent immigrant-induced increase in the labor supply lowers wages among all male natives by as much as four percent.”
Do concerns about labor market competition shape attitudes toward immigration? New evidence☆ (2015, neutral): “…studies report evidence of substantial adverse wage and employment effects for local workers as a consequence of immigration (Borjas et al., 1996; Borjas, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2006b), but many other studies conclude that the impacts of immigration are ﬂ eetingly small (Card, 1990, 2001, 2005, 2007;…”