Immigration and males' earnings inequality in the regions of the United States.
In this paper I investigate the impact of recent immigration on males' earnings distributions in the major regions of the United States. I use six counterfactual scenarios to describe alternative regional skill distributions and wage structures for the population of natives and long-term immigrants in the absence of recent immigration. I find that immigration over the last three decades can account for a substantial portion of the variation in inequality across the regions. Recent immigration has contributed moderately to national growth in males' earnings inequality, primarily by changing the composition of the population.
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Public Policy Institute of California, 500 Washington Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA. reed@ppic.org
D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004651:Employment / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000639:trends*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States