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Title
Labor outflows and labor inflows in Puerto Rico
Type
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Monograph
Classification
LCC: HB1 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
Supplementary Content
bibliography (bibliography)
Content
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Summary
"Although a sizable fraction of the Puerto Rican-born population moved to the United States, the island also received large inflows of persons born outside Puerto Rico. Hence Puerto Rico provides a unique setting for examining how labor inflows and outflows coexist, and measuring the mirror-image wage impact of these flows. The study yields two findings. First, the skills of the out-migrants differ from those of the in-migrants. Puerto Rico attracts high-skill in-migrants and exports low-skill workers. Second, the two flows have opposing effects on wages: in-migrants lower the wage of competing workers and out-migrants increase the wage"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Authorized Access Point
Borjas, George J. Labor outflows and labor inflows in Puerto Rico