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Migration, Employment and UK EconomyPoint 1: Perception and Reality do not always align
Duffy and Frere-Smith (2013) published their report on perception versus reality where immigration\'s impact on the UK labour market are concerned. The report highlighted several gaps between perception and reality, such as the composition of immigrants being largely asylum-seekers (most are students), and the fact that concerns about immigration have been rising recently. They also highlight that concerns are often surrounding impact on public service and benefits, but ignore positive elements like the tax contribution and economic benefits of immigrants.
This study supports the findings of Dustmann and Preston (2007), which held that residents of the UK were mostly concerned about the impacts of immigrants in terms of paying taxes and using the welfare system. They found two areas where such concerns were disconnected from reality. One being that such concerns were outsized in proportion to the actual relevance of that particular issue, and the other being that more important concerns, such as big picture things like impact on wages and employment, were actually not as important. These findings illustrate more that cognitive bias and the way public debates are framed have a far strong influence on public perception than things like facts and rational analysis.
Point 2: Immigrants make a generally positive contribution
Dustmann and Frattini...
Among their key findings was that immigrants generally had a positive impact on the fiscal health of the UK, even during economic downtimes. In particular, they found a positive effect for immigrants from EEA countries, the strongest impacts coming from \"immigrants coming from countries that joined the EU in 2004\", which stands in direct contrast to many of the political narratives about Eastern European immigrants in the UK.
Dustmann et al (2003) also found that higher immigration \"appears to be associated with higher wage growth in the currently resident population\" (p.4). Findings of a different Home Office report in 2014 showed consistency with these findings (Devlin et al, 2014). It is worth noting that both of these studies were careful to point out certain deficiencies with the data that was available, and the challenges associated with measuring immigration effects in general, However, that the results are consistently positive across multiple studies is also worth keeping in mind, that immigration has at the very least no net negative effect.
Point 3: Immigrant Impacts on Native-Born are Overstated
Manacorda, Manning and Wadsworth examined the impact of immigrants, especially university-educated, on…
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