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Assessing the Fiscal Costs and Benefits of A8 Migration to the UK

dustmann, christian; Frattini, Tommaso; Halls, Caroline - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2009

This paper assesses the fiscal consequences of migration to the UK from the Central and Eastern European countries that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317987

The Labour Market Impact of Immigration

dustmann, christian; Glitz, Albrecht; Frattini, Tommaso - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2008

In the first part of this paper, we present a stylised model of the labour market impact of immigration. We then discuss mechanisms through which an economy can adjust to immigration: changes in factor prices, output mix and production technology. In the second part, we explain the problems of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967949

How Do Industries and Firms Respond to Changes in Local Labor Supply?

dustmann, christian; Glitz, Albrecht - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2011

In this paper, we investigate how changes in the skill mix of local labor supply are absorbed by the economy. We distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factor prices, through an expansion in the size of those production units that use the more abundant skill group more...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317939

Ethnicity and Second Generation Immigrants in Britain

dustmann, christian; Frattini, Tommaso; Theodoropoulos, … - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010

This paper reviews the labour market performance and educational attainment of ethnic minorities and second generation immigrants in the UK over the last three decades. We first describe the size and composition of the minority population and its regional distribution over time, and investigate...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317941

Immigration: The European Experience

dustmann, christian; Frattini, Tommaso - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2011

This paper starts with a brief historical overview of immigration in Europe. We then provide a comprehensive analysis of the skill structures of immigrants and their labor market integration in the different European countries, their position in the wage distribution, and the situation of their...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421742

Migration and Education

dustmann, christian; Glitz, Albrecht - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2011

Sjaastad (1962) viewed migration in the same way as education: as an investment in the human agent. Migration and … at many stages of an individual's migration. Differential returns to skills in origin- and destination country are a main … driver of migration. The economic success of the immigrant in the destination country is to a large extent determined by her …

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Gender and Ethnicity-Married immigrants in Britain

dustmann, christian; Fabbri, Francesca - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2005

differences in observable characteristics. We analyse employment assimilation for all groups over the migration cycle. Our main … part of this differential can be explained by observable characteristics. Over the migration cycle, the data suggests that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004992920

Understanding attitudes to immigration: The migration and minority module of the first European Social Survey

dustmann, christian; Card, David; Preston, Ian - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2005

Immigration control is an issue that figures prominently in public policy discussions and election campaigns throughout Europe. Although immigration may have positive effects on economic efficiency and growth in the receiving economy, it is often the negative aspects -or perceived negative...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004992921

The Impact of Immigration on the UK Labour Market

dustmann, christian; Fabbri, Francesca; Preston, Ian - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2005

This paper provides an empirical investigation of the way immigration affects labour market outcomes of native born workers in the UK, set beside a theoretical discussion of the underlying economic mechanisms. We discuss the problems that may arise in empirical estimations, and suggest ways to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004992923

Is Immigration Good or Bad for the Economy? Analysis of Attitudinal Responses

dustmann, christian; Preston, Ian - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2004

In this paper we study attitudinal responses of host country residents towards further immigration that are triggered by economic considerations. We develop an economic model motivating the empirical work that takes a broader view on these issues than previous papers. We provide empirical...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967952