TY  - GEN
N1  - This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
EP  - 29
Y1  - 2017/02//
AV  - public
TI  - Do Migrants Lower Workplace Wages?
KW  - migrants
KW  -  migration
KW  -  workplace wages
KW  -  race
KW  -  ethnicity
KW  -  earnings
KW  -  discrimination
KW  -  low pay
A1  - White, M
A1  - Bryson, A
T3  - IZA Discussion Paper
CY  - Bonn, Germany
UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/10549/do-migrants-lower-workplace-wages
PB  - IZA Institute of Labor Economics
ID  - discovery1546290
N2  - Using nationally representative workplace data for Britain we identify the partial correlation between workplace wages and the percentage of migrants employed at a workplace. We find wages are lower in workplaces employing a higher percentage of migrants, but only when those migrants are non-EEA migrants. However, the effects are no longer apparent when we condition on the ethnic complexion of employees at the workplace. Instead, the wage penalty is attached to the percentage of non-white employees, a finding that is consistent with employer discrimination on grounds of race, or lower worker bargaining power when employees are ethnically diverse.
ER  -