Category Archives: labour market

Migration fuels UK recovery

Posted on 23/03/2015 by fesmontemaggi

In this report, “the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)  says the unexpected rise in net migration to 298,000 in the last year has been a factor in its decision to upgrade its forecasts for Britain’s economic growth. As reported by … Continue reading →

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UK jobs and migration

Posted on 21/03/2015 by fesmontemaggi

A recent LSE Briefing on Migration by Dr Jonathan Wadsworth shows that: “Immigrants do not account for a majority of new jobs. The immigrant share in new jobs is – and always has been – broadly the same as the share … Continue reading →

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Migrants benefit the US start-up economy

Posted on 12/02/2015 by fesmontemaggi

(From an article on Business Insider) “Immigrants secure patents at double the native rate, and more than half of startups in Silicon Valley were founded by foreign-born entrepreneurs, according to entrepreneur and academic Vivek Wadhwa and the Kauffman Foundation. “These data imply … Continue reading →

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Migration & Offshoring do not displace native workers

Posted on 24/11/2014 by fesmontemaggi

From the LSE Blog: “The standard narrative on immigration and offshoring is that these practices uniformly harm American workers by providing cheap, alternative sources of labor. Using data taken from U.S. manufacturing industries between 2000 and 2007, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Giovanni … Continue reading →

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Labour market integration of migrants in Europe

Posted on 15/11/2014 by fesmontemaggi

The Migration Policy Institute‘s project evaluates the ease with which foreign-born workers within the European Union are able to establish themselves in destination-country labour markets during the first decade after arrival. The research evaluates the conditions under which new immigrants … Continue reading →

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