Immigration, labor market mobility, and the earnings of native-born workers: an occupational segmentation approach.(LABOR MARKETS) From: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology | Date: April 1, 2006| Author: Pedace, Roberto | COPYRIGHT 2006 American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This article seeks to improve on previous estimates of the impact of immigration on native wages by using an occupational segmentation approach that directly controls for regional migration and other shifts in the native-born U.S. labor supply. The U.S. labor market is segmented by occupation in order to determine which, if any, native workers tend to be vulnerable to increased immigrant competition for jobs. The results suggest that native-born workers in the primary sector are the main be...

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