TY  - JOUR
AU  - Albouy, David
AU  - Chernoff, Alex
AU  - Lutz, Chandler
AU  - Warman, Casey
TI  - Local Labor Markets in Canada and the United States
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 25709
PY  - 2019
Y2  - March 2019
DO  - 10.3386/w25709
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w25709
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w25709.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
David Albouy
Department of Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
214 David Kinley Hall
Urbana, IL 61801-3606
Tel: 217-333-0120
E-Mail: albouy@illinois.edu

Alex W. Chernoff
234 Laurier Ave W
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0G9
Canada
E-Mail: achernoff@bankofcanada.ca

Chandler Lutz
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F St, NE
Washington, DC 20002
USA
E-Mail: lutzc@sec.gov

Casey Warman
Department of Economics
Dalhousie University
6214 University Avenue, Room A23
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
CANADA
Tel: 902/494-4252
Fax: 902/494-6917
E-Mail: warmanc@dal.ca
M1  - published as David Albouy, Alex Chernoff, Chandler Lutz, Casey Warman. "Local Labor Markets in Canada and the United States," in Philip Oreopoulos and David Card, organizers, "Small Differences II: Public Policies in Canada and the United States" The University of Chicago Press, Journal of Labor Economics volume 37, S2 (2019)

AB  - We examine local labor markets in the U.S. and Canada from 1990 to 2011 using comparable household and business data. Wage levels and inequality rise with city population in both countries, albeit less in Canada. Neither country saw wage levels converge despite contrasting migration patterns from/to high-wage areas. Local labor demand shifts raise nominal wages similarly, although in Canada they attract immigrant and highly-skilled workers more, while raising housing costs less. Chinese import competition had a weaker negative impact on manufacturing employment in Canada. These results are consistent with Canada's more redistributive transfer system and larger, more-educated immigrant workforce.
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