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There is a long-standing debate among academics about the effect of immigration on native internal migration decisions …. If immigrants displace natives this may indicate a direct cost of immigration in the form of decreased employment … underestimate the consequences of immigration. The widespread use of such area studies for the US and other countries makes it …
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This paper presents a theoretical and empirical study of how immigration influences the joint determination of the wage …-2000 decennial censuses, the study shows that immigration is associated with lower in-migration rates, higher out-migration rates … 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 …
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We follow the careers 1981-2004 of 5401 star scientists listed in ISI HighlyCitedSM as most highly cited by their peers. Their number in a US region or a top-25 science and technology (Samp;T) country significantly increases the probability of firm entry in the Samp;T field in which they are...
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The direct benefits of infrastructure in developing countries can be large, but if new infrastructure induces in-migration, congestion of other local publicly provided goods may offset the direct benefits. Using the example of rural household electrification in South Africa, we demonstrate the...
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The ethnic composition of US inventors is undergoing a significant transformation, with deep impacts for the overall agglomeration of US innovation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual US patent records to explore these trends with greater detail. The contributions of...
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I examine the determinants of inter-state migration of adults within western Germany, using the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1984-2000. I highlight the prevalence and distinctive characteristics of migrants who do not change employers. Same-employer migrants represent one fifth of all...
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How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it … possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation … immigration does not, but rather reduces the share of offshored jobs instead. Moreover, since both phenomena have a positive "cost …
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: immigration stimulated job creation, and the complexity of jobs offered to new native hires was higher relative to the complexity …
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accumulated insights from the literature on the economic impact of immigration. A crucial lesson from that literature is that any …
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market impact of immigration. My recent reappraisal (Borjas, 2015) revealed that even the most cursory reexamination implied …
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