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Immigration and Wages: Evidence From the 1980s

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  • Kristin F. Butcher

    (Princeton University)

  • David Card

    (Princeton University)

Abstract
More immigrants entered the United States during the l980s than in any comparable period since the 1920s. Although at a national level the inflow rates were relatively modest, most of the newly arriving immigrants settled in only a handful of cities. In this paper, we study the effects of immigration during the 1980s on the evolution of wages within a sample of 24 major cities. We concentrate on changes in wages for relatively low-paid workers, and on changes in the gap between highly-paid and low-paid workers. Our analysis reveals significant differences across cities in the relative growth rates of wages for low-paid and highly-paid workers. However, the relative growth rates of wages at the low end of the earnings distribution bear little or no relation to the relative size of immigrant inflows to different cities.

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  • Kristin F. Butcher & David Card, 1991. "Immigration and Wages: Evidence From the 1980s," Working Papers 661, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section..
  • Handle: RePEc:pri:indrel:281
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    Keywords

    immigration; wage determination; wage inequality;
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    JEL classification:

    • H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs

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