Labour market regulation and migration in Ireland

Frank Walsh

Open Access publications from School of Economics, University College Dublin

Abstract: We demonstrate that a disproportionately large fraction of migrants in Ireland enter sectors with regulated wages and working conditions. There is a substantial wage penalty associated with being a migrant that varies across migrant groups but disappears within regulated sectors.

Keywords: Migration; Minimum wages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2013
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Published in: Economic and Social Review, 44(1) 2013

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