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Migrants and Low-Paid Employment in British Workplaces

Bryson, A; White, M; (2019) Migrants and Low-Paid Employment in British Workplaces. Work, Employment and Society 10.1177/0950017019832509. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Using nationally representative workplace data for Britain we identify where migrants work and examine the partial correlation between workplace wages and whether migrants are employed at a workplace. Three-in-ten workplaces with 5 or more employees employ migrant workers, with the probability rising substantially with workplace size. We find the bottom quartile of the log earnings distribution is 4-5 percent lower in workplaces employing migrants, ceteris paribus. However, the effect is confined to workplaces set up before the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) in the late 1990s, consistent with the proposition that minimum wage regulation limits employers’ propensity to pay low-wages in the presence of migrant workers.

Type: Article
Title: Migrants and Low-Paid Employment in British Workplaces
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1177/0950017019832509
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017019832509
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: discrimination, earnings, low pay, migrants, migration, minimum wage, wages
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10066465
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