The impact of immigration on the structure of wages. Theory and evidence from Britain.

Autor/inn/en	Manacorda, Marco; Manning, Alan; Wadsworth, Jonathan
Titel	The impact of immigration on the structure of wages. Theory and evidence from Britain. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Der Einfluss von Einwanderung auf die Lohnstruktur. Theorie und Empirie aus Großbritannien.
Quelle	In: Journal of the European Economic Association, 10 (2012) 1, S. 120-151 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1542-4766; 1542-4774
DOI	10.1111/j.1542-4774.2011.01049.x
Schlagwörter	Substitution; Inländer; Lohnstruktur; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Berufliche Qualifikation; Erwerbstätiger; Qualifikationsniveau; Arbeitnehmer; Ausländer; Großbritannien
Abstract	"Immigration to the UK, particularly among more educated workers, has risen appreciably over the past 30 years and as such has raised labor supply. However studies of the impact of immigration have failed to find any significant effect on the wages of native-born workers in the UK. This is potentially puzzling since there is evidence that changes in the supply of educated natives have had significant effects on their wages. Using a pooled time series of British cross-sectional micro data on male wages and employment from the mid-1970s to the mid-2000s, this paper offers one possible resolution to this puzzle, namely that in the UK natives and foreign born workers are imperfect substitutes. We show that immigration has primarily reduced the wages of immigrants -- and in particular of university educated immigrants -- with little discernable effect on the wages of the native-born." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Querschnitt; Längsschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1975 bis 2005.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/2