TY - JOUR T1 - Native Internal Migration and the Labor Market Impact of Immigration JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour SP - 221 LP - 258 DO - 10.3368/jhr.XLI.2.221 VL - XLI IS - 2 AU - George J. Borjas Y1 - 2006/03/31 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XLI/2/221.abstract N2 - 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. ER -