Immigrant Inflows, Native Outflows, and the Local Labor Market Impacts of Higher Immigration

By David Card. Journal of Labor Economics, 2001

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This article uses 1990 census data to study the effects of immigrant inflows on occupation‐specific labor market outcomes. I find that intercity mobility rates of natives and earlier immigrants are insensitive to immigrant inflows. However, occupation‐specific wages and employment rates are systematically lower in cities with higher relative supplies of workers in a given occupation. The results imply that immigrant inflows over the 1980s reduced wages and employment rates of low‐skilled natives in traditional gateway cities like Miami and Los Angeles by 1–3 percentage points.

Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Cultural Diversity and Local Labour Markets (2014, background): “(2009) Migration and wage-setting - Reassessing the labor market effects of migration, Kiel Working Paper 1502 Card, D. (2001) Immigrant inflows, native outflows and the local labor market impacts of higher immigration, Journal of Labor Economics 19: 22-61 D ́Amuri, F.”
Don't stand so close to me: The urban impact of immigration (2012, methodology): “5 Card et al. (2008) find that population flows exhibit tipping-like behavior: once the minority share in a district exceeds a “tipping point”, all the whites leave. Bayer et al. (2004) analyze urban patterns in the San Francisco Bay Area and conclude that racial differences in socio-demographic fea”
Immigration and the Economy of Cities and Regions (2014, methodology): ““supply/push” instrument (e.g., Card 2001).”
Measuring the Labor Market Impacts of Hurricane Katrina Migration: Evidence from Houston, Texas (2008, background): “For example, Card (2001) finds that a three percent increase in the local labor supply due to immigration lowers the employment rate among low-skilled natives by a statistically significant one percentage point.”
Beautiful city: Leisure amenities and urban growth (2019, background): “Moreover, a long-standing literature demonstrates that their location determinants are mostly related to the existence of ethnic networks and largely insensitive to the economic evolution of U.S. cities (Altonji and Card, 1991, Card, 2001).”
Do concerns about labor market competition shape attitudes toward immigration? New evidence☆ (2015, neutral): “…“ gatewaycommunities ” whereimmi-grants tend to settle in large numbers and may be dissipated over time by internal migration ofworkers to other communities (CardandDiNardo, 2000;Card, 2001; Borjas, 1999).”
Gifts of the Immigrants, Woes of the Natives: Lessons from the Age of Mass Migration (2019, neutral): “Using a leave-out version of the shift-share instrument (Card, 2001), I find that immigration triggered hostile political reactions, such as limiting redistribution, electing more conservative politicians, and raising support for the introduction of immigration restrictions.”