Immigration, Labor Market Mobility, and the Earnings of Native-born Workers: An Occupational Segmentation Approach
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This paper seeks to improve on previous estimates of the impact of immigration on native wages by using an occupational segmentation approach that directly controls for regional migration and other shifts in native-born labor supply. The labor market is segmented by occupation in order to determine which, if any, native workers tend to be vulnerable to increased immigrant competition for jobs. The results suggest that nativeborn workers in the primary sector are the main beneficiaries of increased immigration, while native-born Hispanic females in the secondary sector are the most susceptible to downward wage pressures. * The author wishes to thank David Fairris for his guidance and intellectual support of this research. Gary Dymski, Aziz Khan, Elizabeth Zahrt-Geib, and participants at the 41 Annual Western Social Science Association conference in Fort Worth, Texas also provided valuable comments. Claremont Colleges working papers in economics Claremont Graduate University • Claremont Institute for Economic Policy Studies • Claremont McKenna College • Drucker Graduate School of Management • Harvey Mudd College • Lowe Institute • Pitzer College • Pomona College • Scripps College
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