Kaestner, Robert; Kaushal, Neeraj - In: Journal of Urban Economics 71 (2012) 2, pp. 219-229
We study the effect of immigration of foreign-trained, registered nurses (RNs) on the employment and wages of US …-trained RNs. We use the “area” approach and study effects of immigration in labor markets defined by the state. We find … substantial evidence that immigration by foreign-trained nurses increases the supply of nurses and that this increase in supply is …