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

Marco Alfano; Ross Mckenzie; Graeme Roy

doi:10.1080/13504851.2023.2204213

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

Marco Alfano
, Ross Mckenzie
, Graeme Roy (Lead / Corresponding author)

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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.

Original language	English
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Economics Letters
Early online date	20 Apr 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2023.2204213
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 20 Apr 2023

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Immigration
impact
wage distribution

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Economics and Econometrics

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