The question of whether migration can be an equilibrating force in the labour market is an important criterion for an … new light on this question by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and … the United States, and their association with asymmetric labour market shocks. We find that recent migration flows have …

The question of whether migration can be an equilibrating force in the labour market is an important criterion for an … new light on this question by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and … the United States, and their association with asymmetric labour market shocks. We find that recent migration flows have …

This paper studies in- and 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 out-migration positively impacted the earnings growth of … remaining workers, while in-migration had a negative impact. Hence, immigrant arrivals were substitutes of the existing …