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Robert Kaestner1, Neeraj Kaushal.
Abstract
We study the effect of immigration of foreign-trained, registered nurses (RNs) on the employment and wages of US-trained RNs. We use the "area" approach and study effects of immigration in labor markets defined by the state. We find substantial evidence that immigration by foreign-trained nurses increases the supply of nurses and that this increase in supply is associated with a decrease in annual earnings. Estimates suggest that a 10 percent increase in supply due to immigration is associated with a one to four percent decrease in annual earnings.Entities:
Year: 2012 PMID： 22199410 PMCID： PMC3243945 DOI： 10.1016/j.jue.2011.11.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Urban Econ ISSN： 0094-1190