Ross McKenzie
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Econ Lecturer at University of Dundee | Applied Micro | Labour & Migration
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November 13, 2024 at 12:26 PM
By increasing the minimum income threshold by 1/3rd the UK risks reducing productivity spillovers and harming real wage growth for UK-born workers. /5 Open Access to full article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cross-occupational effects of immigration on native wages in the UK
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 occupa...
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December 4, 2023 at 10:12 PM
By increasing the minimum income threshold by 1/3rd the UK risks reducing productivity spillovers and harming real wage growth for UK-born workers. /5 Open Access to full article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Using a shift-share IV we find that a 1% increase in migration into ‘below’ occupations increases UK-born wages in an adjacent occupation by 0.332% on average. These effects are concentrated in low-paid occupations. Results are robust to ordering occupations by real wages /4
December 4, 2023 at 10:11 PM
Using a shift-share IV we find that a 1% increase in migration into ‘below’ occupations increases UK-born wages in an adjacent occupation by 0.332% on average. These effects are concentrated in low-paid occupations. Results are robust to ordering occupations by real wages /4
For example if occupations are ranked as 1. managers, 2. professionals and 3. associate professionals then we estimate the effect of associate professional migration on UK born professional wages and professional migration on UK born manager wages. /3
December 4, 2023 at 10:11 PM
For example if occupations are ranked as 1. managers, 2. professionals and 3. associate professionals then we estimate the effect of associate professional migration on UK born professional wages and professional migration on UK born manager wages. /3
We begin by ranking 9 broad occupation categories from highest skilled to lowest skilled using the SOC2010. We then estimate the effect on UK-born wages of immigration into an occupation one rank below that of the UK born worker. /2
December 4, 2023 at 10:11 PM
We begin by ranking 9 broad occupation categories from highest skilled to lowest skilled using the SOC2010. We then estimate the effect on UK-born wages of immigration into an occupation one rank below that of the UK born worker. /2