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Title: On the Relative Rewards to Immigration: A Comparison of the Relative Labour Market Position of Indians in the USA, the UK and India

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Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: While most studies of the decision to immigrate focus on absoluteincome differences between countries, we argue that relative change in purchasingpower or status, as captured by an individuals ranking in the wage distribution, mayalso be another important determinant of the migration decision. Using data onIndian immigrants in the US and the UK matched to comparable data on individualswho remained in India, we show that the average Indian immigrant will experiencea fall in their relative ranking in the wage distribution compared to the positionsimilar individuals achieve by remaining in the origin country. The fall in relativerankings is larger for immigrants to the UK than to the US, and largest of all forthose with intermediate skills.

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Authors: Coulon, Augustin de; Wadsworth, Jonathan

Periodical (Full): Review of Economics of the Household

Issue: 1

Volume: 8

Pages: 147-169

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

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