The labor demand was downward sloping: disentangling migrants’ inflows and outflows, 1929–1957Biavaschi, C. (2013) The labor demand was downward sloping: disentangling migrants’ inflows and outflows, 1929–1957. Economics Letters, 118 (3). pp. 531-534. ISSN 0165-1765 Full text not archived in this repository. It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.12.005 Abstract/SummaryThis paper studies in- and out-migration from the U.S. during the first half of the twentieth century and assesses how these flows affected state-level labor markets. It shows that out-migration positively impacted the earnings growth of remaining workers, while in-migration had a negative impact. Hence, immigrant arrivals were substitutes of the existing workforce, while out-migration reduced the competitive pressure on labor markets
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