Migration, Migrants and Policy in the United Kingdom

Arbeitspapier

This paper draws together, in the form of a survey, a number of different aspects of the United Kingdom?s international migration experience since the Second World War. The areas covered include changes in the volume and composition of international migration and the factors influencing migration; the background to, and the development of, restrictions on immigration; and the links between immigration policy and race relations. This is followed by an examination of the education and labour market status of immigrants and ethnic minorities as compared with native- born whites. Results from recent econometric research on wage and employment differentials are presented and interpreted in the wider context. Finally, the possible effects of migration on the economy at large are briefly discussed.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 81

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
• Subject: Migration ; migration policy ; Internationale Wanderung ; Geschichte ; Migrationspolitik ; Ausländische Arbeitskräfte ; Lohn ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Großbritannien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hatton, Timothy J. ; Wheatley Price, Stephen
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 1999

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20915
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET