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TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-Occupational Effects of Immigration on Native Wages in the UK
AU - Alfano, Marco
AU - McKenzie, Ross
AU - Roy, Graeme
PY - 2024/10/6
Y1 - 2024/10/6
N2 - This article estimates the effect of immigration into an occupation on the wages of natives working in other, better-paid occupations. Using Annual Population Survey data from the UK we rank occupations by the Standard Occupation Classification provided by the ONS and find that increases in the migrant/native ratio raise average wages of natives working in the next higher ranked occupation by around 0.332%. Our findings have important implications for policy and public discourse. They suggest that debates over the economic impacts of migration often ignore the potential spill-over benefits that a migrant can bring to the outcomes for native workers elsewhere in the wage distribution, particularly in lower wage occupations
AB - This article estimates the effect of immigration into an occupation on the wages of natives working in other, better-paid occupations. Using Annual Population Survey data from the UK we rank occupations by the Standard Occupation Classification provided by the ONS and find that increases in the migrant/native ratio raise average wages of natives working in the next higher ranked occupation by around 0.332%. Our findings have important implications for policy and public discourse. They suggest that debates over the economic impacts of migration often ignore the potential spill-over benefits that a migrant can bring to the outcomes for native workers elsewhere in the wage distribution, particularly in lower wage occupations
KW - Immigration
KW - impact
KW - wage distribution
U2 - 10.1080/13504851.2023.2204213
DO - 10.1080/13504851.2023.2204213
M3 - Journal article
VL - 31
SP - 1608
EP - 1612
JO - Applied Economics Letters
JF - Applied Economics Letters
SN - 1350-4851
IS - 17
ER -