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Immigration, Diversity and the Labour Market Outcomes of Native Workers: Some Recent Developments
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
addressed the questions whether and how immigration affects native workers' labour market outcomes. In particular, it discusses …: the distinction between the displacement, productivity and amenity effects of immigration; the issues that arise in using … wage changes to identify those effects; and the problem of assessing a causal link from immigration to natives' labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884901
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On the Relative Gains to Immigration: A Comparison of the Labour Market Position of Indians in the USA, the UK and India
Wadsworth, Jonathan; Coulon, Augustin de - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008
While most studies of the decision to immigrate focus on the absolute income differences between countries, we argue that relative change in purchasing power or status, as captured by an individual's ranking in the wage distribution, may also be important. This will in turn be influenced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150995
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The Careers of Immigrants
Matos, Ana Damas de - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012
origin and in particular of whether their mother tongue is the host country's language. Motivated by these new stylized facts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010583789
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The Effect of Trade on the Demand for Skill - Evidence from the Interstate Highway System
Michaels, Guy - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2006
Since changes in trade openness are typically confounded with other factors, it has been difficult to identify the labor market consequences of increased international trade. The advent of the United States Interstate Highway System provides a unique policy experiment, which I use to identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005797169
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Productivity, Wages and Marriage: The Case of Major League Baseball
Cornaglia, Francesca; Feldman, Naomi E. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011
The effect of marriage on productivity and, consequently, wages has been long debated in economics. A primary explanation for the impact of marriage on wages has been through its impact on productivity, however, there has been no direct evidence for this. In this paper, we aim to fill this gap...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323007
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Change and Continuity Among Minority Communities in Britain
Georgiadis, Andreas; Manning, Alan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009
There is widespread concern currently that some ethnic minority communities within Britain, especially Muslim, are not following the stereotypical immigrant path of economic and cultural assimilation into British society. Indeed, many seem to have the impression that differences between Muslims...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670510
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Culture Clash or Culture Club? The Identity and Attitudes of Immigrants in Britain
Manning, Alan; Roy, Sanchari - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2007
). This might have consequences for immigration policy - how many immigrants to allow into a country and from what cultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005797262
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The Economic Situation of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Algan, Yann; Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009
A central concern about immigration is the integration into the labour market, not only of the first generation, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476314
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Immigration and the Occupational Choice of Natives: A Factor Proportions Approach
Ortega, Javier; Verdugo, Gregory - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011
This paper evaluates the impact of immigration on the labor market outcomes of natives in France over the period 1962 … immigrant share across education/experience cells and over time to identify the impact of immigration. In the Borjas (2003 …) specification, we find that a 10% increase in immigration increases native wages by 3%. However, as the number of immigrants and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839151
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The Impact of Immigration on the Local Labor Market Outcomes of Blue Collar Workers: Panel Data Evidence
Ortega, Javier; Verdugo, Gregory - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015
Using a large administrative French panel data set for 1976-2007, we examine how low- educated immigration affects the …-educated immigrants. We first show that larger immigration inflows into locations are accompanied by larger outflows of negatively … substantial evidence that immigration lowers the median annual wages of natives. The estimated negative effects are also much …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011171817