Immigration and the Reallocation of Work Health Risks

Osea Giuntella, Fabrizio Mazzonna, Catia Nicodemo and Carlos Vargas-Silva

No 10304, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper studies the effects of immigration on the allocation of occupational physical burden and work health risks. Using data for England and Wales from the Labour Force Survey, we find that, on average, immigration leads to a reallocation of UK-born workers towards jobs characterized by lower physical intensity and injury risk. The results also show important differences across skill groups. Immigration reduces the average physical burden of UK-born workers with medium levels of education, but has no significant effect on those with low levels.

Keywords: physical burden; labor-market; immigration; work-related injuries; health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2016-10
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dem, nep-hea, nep-lab and nep-mig
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Published - published in: Journal of Population of Economics, 2019, 32, 1009 - 1042

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Journal Article: Immigration and the reallocation of work health risks (2019)
Working Paper: Immigration and the Reallocation of Work Health Risks (2018)
Working Paper: Immigration and the Reallocation of Work Health Risks (2017)
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