The impact of migration from the new European Union Member States on native workers
Working Paper No. 52
by Sara Lemos, University of Leicester and Jonathan Portes
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. Nor do we find a statistically significant impact on wages, either on average or at any point in the wage distribution, although the evidence here is less complete.
June 2008 41 pages
The impact of migration from the new European Union Member States on native workers 