Fear, Unemployment and Migration

By David G. Blanchflower, Chris Shadforth. 2009

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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Crime and Immigration: Evidence from Large Immigrant Waves (2013, unknown): “The impact on the labour market has been comprehensively analysed by Blanchflower and Shadforth (2009).”
Assessing the Fiscal Costs and Benefits of A8 Migration to the UK (2009, methodology): “Blanchflower & Shadforth (2009) in their analysis of the consequences of migration from Eastern Europe on the UK economy suggest that immigration may have slowed wage inflation through the “fear of unemployment” mechanism.”
The labour-market performance of recent migrants (2008, background): “For example, it has been argued that migrants can assist economic growth and reduce inflationary pressures, either by dampening wage demands or by filling existing skill shortages (Blanchflower and Shadforth, 2007).”
Life (Dis)Satisfaction and the Intention to Migrate: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe (2014, background): “[7] and Blanchflower & Shadforth [8] analyze the migration flows from Central and Eastern Europe to the UK and find that the number of migrants is higher from the countries in which GDP per capita and average life satisfaction are lower.”
Young People and the Great Recession (2011, background): “In the UK, there is some evidence that suggests that the influx of immigrants from the A8 Accession countries from 2004 onward had some negative impact on the employment of the least skilled young people (Blanchflower and Shadforth 2009).”
Non-Native Speakers of English in the Classroom: What are the Effects on Pupil Performance? (2012, unknown): “Blanchflower, D., G., and Shadforth, C. (2009).”
UK Unemployment in the Great Recession (2010, background): “…to suggest that the influx of workers, who were generally working in less skilled jobs, from the ten Accession countries did have some negative impact in the period since 2004 on the employment of the least skilled young people (Blanchflower and Shadforth, 2009; Nickell and Saleheen, 2008).”
Lessons from Migration after EU Enlargement (2009, background): “Blanchflower and Lawton (2009) suggest that recent immigration from the EU8 “appears to have had some direct effect on the relative wages of the least skilled” (p. 15, see also Blanchflower and Shadforth, 2009).”