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Job Vacancies and Immigration: Evidence from the Mariel Supply Shock

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  • L. Jason Anastasopoulos
  • George J. Borjas
  • Gavin G. Cook
  • Michael Lachanski

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We use the Conference Board’s Help-Wanted Index (HWI) to document how immigrant supply shocks change the number of job vacancies. Our analysis reveals a sizable drop in Miami’s HWI relative to comparable cities in the first few years after the Mariel shock, followed by recovery afterward. An analysis of the text of the help-wanted ads also documents a significant decline in the relative number of low-skill vacancies advertised in the Miami Herald. Miami’s Beveridge curve shifted inward by the mid-1980s, suggesting a more efficient local labor market, in contrast to the outward nationwide shift coincident with the 1981–82 recession.

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  • L. Jason Anastasopoulos & George J. Borjas & Gavin G. Cook & Michael Lachanski, 2021. "Job Vacancies and Immigration: Evidence from the Mariel Supply Shock," Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press, vol. 15(1), pages 1-33.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jhucap:doi:10.1086/713041
    DOI: 10.1086/713041
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    1. Jeong, Deokjae, 2022. "How the reduction of Temporary Foreign Workers led to a rise in vacancy rates in the South Korea," MPRA Paper 118731, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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