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Differences in labour market outcomes between natives, refugees and other migrants in the UK

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ID12694772
AuthorsIsabel Ruiz (0000-0002-8195-4943, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, UK), Carlos Vargas-Silva (0000-0003-0578-4775, The Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, 58 Banbury Road, Oxford, UK, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume18
Issue4
Pages855-885
Publication date2018-04-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Economic Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-2702 • E-ISSN: 1468-2710
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/jeg/lby027
OpenAlexW2618336980
LanguageEN
Citations received54
References cited32

Using 2010-2017 data we compare the labour market outcomes of refugees (those who migrated to seek asylum), natives (UK-born), and other migrants in the UK (work, study and family migrants). The results indicate that refugees are less likely to be employed and earn less than natives and other migrants. The evidence suggests that differences in health status (particularly mental health) may be one of the factors that partly explain these gaps. Employment growth of refugees between 2010 and 2016 was significantly higher than that of other migrants, but this was not the case for earnings

Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Immigration · Labour economics · Mental health · Political science · Psychiatry · Refugee · Work (physics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology

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