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Category Archives: migration
Freedom of Movement, Wages, and Posted Workers
In an attempt to mask xenophobia as a legitimate concern for workers’ low pay, many on the left have attacked Freedom of Movement (FoM) within the EU. The research shows that immigration does not affect wages and that the fall … Continue reading
Posted in EU, freedom of movement, labour market, migration, Uncategorized, wages
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Does foreign-aid deter migration?
A policy paper from the Center for Global Development suggests that foreign-aid increases the likelihood of migration from developing countries. Aid agencies can play a vital role in shaping migration by making it beneficial for all involved. Economic development in … Continue reading
Posted in economy, EU, global, Mediterranean, Mexico, migration, skills, Uncategorized
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Immigration and wages in UK
Much has been made of the research by Sir Stephen Nickell on the impact of immigration on wages, in which he suggested that there was “a small negative impact on average British wages.” That was specifically for semi/unskilled workers. The … Continue reading
Posted in economy, EU, labour market, migration, wages
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The true effect of migration: growth, higher wages, lower taxes
Closing borders does NOT reduce migration: Closing borders, as also shown in a report by the UK Home Office, would have the effect of diminishing circular EU migration. EU migrants, now able to go to another country, go back to their country of … Continue reading
Posted in borders, economy, EU, global, labour market, lump of labour fallacy, migration, skills, statistics, summary, UK, unemployment, wages, welfare/NHS
Tagged benefits, borders, circular migration, growth, migration, skills, taxes, wages
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Europe sees rise in unaccompanied children seeking asylum
Pew Research Centre reports that there has been a rise in unaccompanied minors seeking asylum, with half of them coming from Afghanistan. “Since 2008, about 198,500 unaccompanied minors have entered Europe seeking asylum, according to data from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency. … Continue reading
Welfare does not attract migrants
Corrado Giulietti (IZA) found that contrary to the welfare magnet hypothesis, empirical evidence suggests that immigration decisions are not made on the basis of the relative generosity of the receiving nation’s social benefits. Even when immigrants are found to use … Continue reading
Posted in migration, welfare/NHS
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Legalisation of migrants increases income of native workers
Economists Andri Chassamboulli and Giovanni Peri have found that: “increasing deportation rates and tightening border control weakens low-skilled labor markets, increasing unemployment of native low-skilled workers. Legalization, instead, decreases the unemployment rate of low-skilled natives and increases income per native.” … Continue reading
Posted in economy, global, lump of labour fallacy, Mexico, migration, unemployment, US, wages
Tagged deportation, legalisation, migrants, unemployment, unions, wages
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Migration, housing & planning
This paper by John Burnett of the Institute of Race Relations examines the likely impact of the recent UK legislation on housing, planning and migration (Housing and Planning Bill 2015 and the Immigration Bill 2015) on the inner-city communities of … Continue reading
Posted in housing, law, migration, planning
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Recession and Migration
A couple of studies on recession and migration. D’Amuri and Peri write that: “In this paper we analyze the impact of immigrants on the type and quantity of native jobs. We use data on 15 Western European countries during the … Continue reading
Posted in economy, global, labour market, migration, remittances, unemployment, wages
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Migration and the 2008 financial crisis
This Migration Policy Institute‘s report explores the impacts of the global financial crisis that began in September 2008 on migration flows, immigration policies, remittances, and on migrants themselves. The report first takes a look at the recession’s effect on differing … Continue reading
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Migration & Citizenship Research 