The Impact of Immigration on the British Labour Market
利用英国劳动力调查数据,实证研究移民对英国本土工人就业、参与率、失业率和工资的影响,发现移民技能分布与本土工人相似,且总体上没有显著影响。
Using data from the British Labour Force Survey this article provides an empirical investigation of the way immigration affects labour market outcomes of native born workers in Britain, set beside a theoretical discussion of the underlying economic mechanisms. We discuss problems arising in empirical estimation, and how to address them. We show that the overall skill distribution of immigrants is remarkably similar to that of the native born workforce. We find no strong evidence that immigration has overall effects on aggregate employment, participation, unemployment and wages but some differences according to education. Copyright 2005 Royal Economic Society.