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1、FISCALSTUDIES,vol.26,no.4,pp.423–470(2005)0143-5671*ImmigrantsintheBritishLabourMarketCHRISTIANDUSTMANN†andFRANCESCAFABBRI‡†DepartmentofEconomicsandCentreforResearchandAnalysisofMigration(CReAM),UniversityCollegeLondon;InstituteforFiscalStudies(c.dustmann@ucl.ac.uk)‡Departmento
2、fEconomics,UniversityofMunich;CentreforResearchandAnalysisofMigration(CReAM),UniversityCollegeLondon(Francesca.Fabbri@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)AbstractThemainobjectiveofthispaperistoprovideacomprehensivedescriptionoftheeconomicoutcomesandperformanceofBritain’simmigrantcommunitiestod
3、ayandoverthelasttwodecades.Wedistinguishbetweenmalesandfemalesand,wherepossibleandmeaningful,betweenimmigrantsofdifferentorigins.OurcomparisongroupiswhiteBritish-bornindividuals.OurdatasourceistheBritishLabourForceSurvey.Wefirstprovidedescriptiveinformationonthecompositionofimm
4、igrantsinBritain,andhowthishaschangedovertime,theirsocio-economiccharacteristics,theirindustryallocationandtheirlabourmarketoutcomes.Wetheninvestigatevariouslabourmarketperformanceindicators(labourforceparticipation,employment,wagesandself-employment)forimmigrantsofdifferentori
5、gins,andcomparethemwithBritish-bornwhitesofthesameage,regionandotherbackgroundcharacteristics.Wefindthatoverthelast20years,Britain’simmigrantpopulationhaschangedinorigincompositionandhasdramaticallyimprovedinskillcomposition–notdissimilarfromthetrendintheBritish-bornpopulation.
6、Wefindsubstantialdifferencesineconomicoutcomesbetweenwhiteandethnicminorityimmigrants.Withinthese*ThepaperdrawsonearlierworkthatreceivedfinancialsupportfromtheBritishHomeOffice(HomeOfficeOnlineReport05/03).Theauthorsaregratefultooneanonymousrefereeforhelpfulcommentsandsuggestio
7、ns.DustmanngratefullyacknowledgesthesupportoftheEconomicandSocialResearchCouncil(grantRES-000-23-0332).FabbrigratefullyacknowledgesfinancialsupportfromtheMunichGraduateSchoolofEconomics/DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft.JELclassificationnumber:J15.©InstituteforFiscalStudies,2005.P
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