The Labor Demand Was Downward Sloping: Disentangling Migrants’ Inflows and Outflows, 1929-1957
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The Labor Demand Was Downward Sloping: Disentangling Migrants’ Inflows and Outflows, 1929-1957 This paper studies inand 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 outmigration positively impacted the wages 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. JEL Classification: F22, J01, J61, N32
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