Author: Sara Lemos and Jonathan Portes
Pages: 41
Year: 2008
Source: Department for Work and Pensions
This paper examines the impact of migration from the new EU Member States on the labour market outcomes of natives in the UK. Building on Gilpin et al. (2006), and making a number of significant improvements and extensions, we find no statistically significant impact of A8 migration on claimant unemployment, either overall or for any identifiable subgroup. In particular we find no adverse impacts on the young or low-skilled.
Web link: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/wp52.pdf
