TY - BOOK
T1 - On the relative gains to immigration
T2 - a comparison of the labour market position of Indians in the USA, the UK and India
AU - De Coulon, Augustin
AU - Wadsworth, Jonathan
AU - Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science
N1 - Includes bibliographical references
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - While most studies of the decision to immigrate focus on the absolute income differences between countries, we argue that relative change in purchasing power or status, as captured by an individual's ranking in the wage distribution, may also be important. This will in turn be influenced by differential levels of supply, demand and migration costs across the skill distribution and across countries. Using data on Indian immigrants in the United States and the UK matched to comparable data on individuals who remained in India, we show that the average Indian immigrant will experience a fall in their relative ranking in the wage distribution compared to the position they would have achieved had they remained in the origin country. The fall in relative rankings is larger for immigrants to the UK than to the US, and largest of all for those with intermediate skills
AB - While most studies of the decision to immigrate focus on the absolute income differences between countries, we argue that relative change in purchasing power or status, as captured by an individual's ranking in the wage distribution, may also be important. This will in turn be influenced by differential levels of supply, demand and migration costs across the skill distribution and across countries. Using data on Indian immigrants in the United States and the UK matched to comparable data on individuals who remained in India, we show that the average Indian immigrant will experience a fall in their relative ranking in the wage distribution compared to the position they would have achieved had they remained in the origin country. The fall in relative rankings is larger for immigrants to the UK than to the US, and largest of all for those with intermediate skills
KW - Emigration and immigration
KW - East Indians
KW - Labor market
M3 - Book
SN - 0853282455
SN - 9780853282457
T3 - CEP discussion paper
BT - On the relative gains to immigration
PB - Centre for Economic Performance
CY - London
ER -
