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Immigration and Males’ Earnings Inequality in the Regions of the United States*
- Demography
- Population Association of America
- Volume 38, Number 3, August 2001
- pp. 363-373
- 10.1353/dem.2001.0029
- Article
- Additional Information
In this paper I investigate the impact of recent immigration on males' earnings distributions in the major regions of the United States. I use six counterfactual scenarios to describe alternative regional skill distributions and wage structures for the population of natives and long-term immigrants in the absence of recent immigration. I find that immigration over the last three decades can account for a substantial portion of the variation in inequality across the regions. Recent immigration has contributed moderately to national growth in males' earnings inequality, primarily by changing the composition of the population.