Thesis
Re-Examining Imperfect Substitution Between Immigrants and Native-Born Workers
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000005537
Abstract
This paper re-examines the area approach in estimating the elasticity of substitution between native-born and foreign-born workers. The area approach compares native-born workers' wages in metropolitan areas with small inflows of immigrant workers to metropolitan areas with large immigrant inflows. Using a nested CES production function, it finds that immigrants and native-born workers are imperfect substitutes. The study, using the estimated parameters for the elasticity of substitution between − immigrants and workers, workers with different experience groups, and workers across different education levels, estimates that immigrant labor shocks have negligible and even positive increases on native-born workers' weekly wages.
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- Title
- Re-Examining Imperfect Substitution Between Immigrants and Native-Born Workers
- Creators
- Brian Eisenbarth
- Contributors
- Bidisha Mandal (Advisor)Ben Cowan (Committee Member)Liang Lu (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- School of Economic Sciences
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 45
- Identifiers
- 99901051427301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis