PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - George J. Borjas
TI  - Native Internal Migration and the Labor Market Impact of Immigration
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.XLI.2.221
DP  - 2006 Mar 31
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 221--258
VI  - XLI
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XLI/2/221.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XLI/2/221.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2006 Mar 31; XLI
AB  - 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.