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Understanding the labour market impact of immigration in Britain [project complete]

Researchers

Marina Shapira

Marina Shapira
University of Edinburgh

Email:marina.shapira@ed.ac.uk

web:www.ces.ed.ac.uk/ms.htm

Abstract:

The proposed research aims to concentrate on the processes which affect population, society and the economy in contemporary Britain as a result of increased international migration flows in to Britain and investigates the impact of immigration on the British labour market, with particular attention to the effects of immigration on the labour market outcomes of native workers. The research will fill a gap in existing knowledge about the impact of immigration on the British labour market by exploring the relationship between skill levels of native workers, size and composition of the immigrant population, overall opportunity structure of the labour market and the labour market outcomes of native workers at the level of local labour markets. It will also offer inter-UK comparisons that enable the significance of differences in (a) policy (b) skill levels of immigrants and (c) socio-demographic characteristics of the native population within a shared UK labour market to be tested. The data sources selected (Labour Force Surveys [LFS], Annual Labour Force Surveys Local Areas data; the Annual Population Survey [APS] for 2004 and the Office for National Statistics supplementary data local areas data sets on ethnicity) provide excellent resources for secondary analysis. Multilevel regression technique will be used for the suggested analyses.

Department:

Centre for Educational Sociology, University of Edinburgh

Duration:

October 2007- October 2008

Grant Type:

Small Research Grant

Publications

Research findings

Shapira, M. (2010) Differences between pre-2004 and new immigrants in the impact on wages and employment opportunities of population in Britain, In Stillwell, J. and van Ham, M. (eds.) Ethnicity and Integration Understanding Population Trends and Processes Volume 3, Springer (forthcoming).

Shapira, M. (2009) Spatial concentration of immigrants and their impact on employment opportunities in the UK Labour Market, In Edmonston, B., Raymes, J. and Salzmann, T. (eds.) Demographic Aspects of Migration, VS-Verlag (forthcoming).

Shapira, M. (2009) The impact of immigration on the labour market in Britain, UPTAP Research Findings.

Shapira, M. (2009) Relationship between spatial concentrations of pre-2004 and “new” immigrants and employment opportunities of British workers, Working Paper 3.

Shapira, M. (2009) Spatial concentration of immigrants and their impact on the wages of British workers, Working Paper 2.

Shapira, M. (2009) Immigrants and British labour market — Do British workers gain or lose in competition with pre-2004 and new immigrants and British born ethnic minorities? Working Paper 1.

Shapira, M. (2008) Understanding of the Labour Market Impact of Immigration in the UK, CES Briefing No.46, Centre for Educational Sociology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.

Presentations

Shapira, M. (2009) Immigration Labour Market Impact in Britain, Paper presented at the British Irish Council Meeting, June.

Shapira, M. (2009) Presented a paper on the project findings at the annual UPTAP Conference, University of Leeds, March.

Shapira, M. (2008) Policy Workshop, Presented the project findings at the final project workshop to an audience of academics and policy makers, CES, Edinburgh, December.

Shapira, M. (2008) Spatial concentration of immigrants and their impact on employment and occupational opportunities in the UK Labour Market, Invited talk given to the Autumn Meeting of Demographic Aspects of Migration, Nuremberg, October.

Shapira, M. (2008) Understanding the impact of immigrants on the employment opportunities of the population in Britain, Paper presented at the joint UPTAP/BURISA workshop in London City Hall, London, September.

Shapira, M. (2008) The impact of immigration on the wages of employees in the British labour market, Paper presented at the Annual Population Congress, Barcelona, July.