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Cross-occupational effects of immigration on native wages in the UK

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  • Marco Alfano
  • Ross Mckenzie
  • Graeme Roy

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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.

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  • Marco Alfano & Ross Mckenzie & Graeme Roy, 2024. "Cross-occupational effects of immigration on native wages in the UK," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(17), pages 1608-1612, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:31:y:2024:i:17:p:1608-1612
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2023.2204213
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