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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics: Vol. 1 No. 3 (July 2009)
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Task Specialization, Immigration, and Wages
Article Citation
Peri, Giovanni, and
Chad Sparber. 2009. "Task Specialization, Immigration, and Wages."
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics,
1(3): 135-69.
DOI: 10.1257/app.1.3.135
DOI: 10.1257/app.1.3.135
Abstract
Large inflows of less educated immigrants may reduce wages paid
to comparably-educated, native-born workers. However, if less educated
foreign- and native-born workers specialize in different production
tasks, because of different abilities, immigration will cause
natives to reallocate their task supply, thereby reducing downward
wage pressure. Using occupational task-intensity data from the
O*NET dataset and individual US census data, we demonstrate that
foreign-born workers specialize in occupations intensive in manual-physical
labor skills while natives pursue jobs more intensive in
communication-language tasks. This mechanism can explain why
economic analyses find only modest wage consequences of immigration
for less educated native-born workers. (JEL J24, J31, J61)
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Authors
Peri, Giovanni (U CA, Davis)
Sparber, Chad (Colgate U)
Sparber, Chad (Colgate U)
JEL Classifications
J24: Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J31: Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
J61: Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
J31: Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
J61: Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
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