Local Unemployment and the Relative Wages of Immigrants: Evidence from the Current Population Surveys

摘要: Abstract We provide evidence on wage profiles of immigrants using Current Population Survey data from 1979 to 2003, taking into account that changes in labor market conditions impact natives and differently. High rates immigrant assimilation, general, relatively high wages cohorts arrived during the 1990s, particular, can a large extent be explained by negative trend unemployment data. Relating native period effects local unemployment, we find assimilation among lesser-educated is negligible. For high-school– college-educated male immigrants, early years United States are procyclical, suggesting rising slows accumulation U.S.-specific human capital.