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: the distinction between the displacement, productivity and amenity effects of immigration; the issues that arise in using … addressed the questions whether and how immigration affects native workers’ labour market outcomes. In particular, it discusses … wage changes to identify those effects; and the problem of assessing a causal link from immigration to natives’ labour …
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of labour. But, existing studies of the impact of immigration on the wages of native-born workers in the UK (e … an increase in immigration reduces the wages of immigrants relative to natives. We show this using a pooled time series …. This lack of substitution also means that there is little discernable effect of increased immigration on the wages of …
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also be important. This will in turn be influenced by differential levels of supply, demand and migration costs across the …
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endogenous changes in occupation and location attenuate the impact of immigration on natives’ wages. We also find much larger … substantial evidence that immigration lowers the median annual wages of natives. The estimated negative effects are also much …Using a large administrative French panel data set for 1976-2007, we examine how low- educated immigration affects the …
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During periods of strong economic growth, migration is and has always been important for filling gaps in the labour … market. On balance, the evidence for the UK labour market suggests that fears about the consequences of rising immigration … have been exaggerated. It is hard to find evidence of much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average …
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During periods of strong economic growth, migration is and has always been important for filling gaps in the labour … immigration in general and EU immigration in particular have still not, on average, materialised. It is hard to find evidence of … much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average. Immigrants, especially in recent years, tend to be younger and …
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In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country … changes, towards exploring what we might call ‘the wider effects of migration’ on the production and consumption sides of the … economy – and the role of high-skilled migrants in these processes. This paper surveys the emerging ‘wider impacts’ literature …
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We analyze the performance outcomes of National Hockey League (NHL) players over 18 seasons (1990-1991 to 2007-2008) as a function of the demographic conditions into which they were born. We have three main findings. First, larger birth cohorts substantially affect careers. A player born into a...
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