Immigrant Labour Market Assimilation and Arrival Effects: Evidence from the UK Labour Force Survey

Ken Clark and Joanne Lindley ()

No 2228, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We estimate models of earnings and employment outcomes for a sample of white and non-white male immigrants drawn from the Labour Force Survey between 1993 and 2002. Immigrants who arrived to enter the labour market are distinguished from those who arrived to complete their education. Diverse patterns of labour market assimilation are found depending on ethnicity and immigrant type. Whites tend to do better than non-whites and labour market entrants do worse than education entrants. There is some evidence of unemployment rates at time of entry to the labour market being associated with permanently lower earnings for non-white immigrants.

Keywords: immigrants; assimilation; earnings; employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 J7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2006-07
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Published - revised version published as 'Immigrant assimilation pre and post labour market entry: evidence from the UK Labour Force Survey' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (1), 175-198

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