Do Migrants Rob Jobs? Lessons of Australian History, 1861–1991

David Pope and Glenn Withers ()

The Journal of Economic History, 1993, vol. 53, issue 4, 719-742

Abstract: Historically, lands of recent settlement have had a thirst for immigrants, but one that has been procyclical (negatively related to unemployment rates). For a period in the early 1980s, Australia's major political parties supported high immigration in spite of rising unemployment. This article explores the long-run relationship between immigration and local unemployment, posing the question, “Do migrants rob jobs?” It also seeks to apply long-run historical analysis to recent economic debate: would Australia's unemployment rate have been lower in very recent times without so many immigrants?

Date: 1993
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