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Wednesday 27th Jan 2010 IMMIGRATION TO THE UK: ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE by Prof Christian Dustmann Christian Dustmann is Professor at the Centre for Research.

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1 Wednesday 27th Jan 2010 IMMIGRATION TO THE UK: ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE by Prof Christian Dustmann Christian Dustmann is Professor at the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), University College, London.

2 Migration and Economic Research 2. The Non-Migrant Experience 1.Forms of Migration Movement 3. The Migrant Experience 4. Ethnicity, Identity and Attitudes Temporary vs Permanent Migration Migrant’s Labour Market Performance Effect of Immigration on wages Remittances

3 Forms of Migration Permanent Migration Temporary Migration Return Migration Contract Migration Transient Migration Circulatory Migration Economic Motives Natural disaster or persecution Legal or illegal

4 Most European countries are now immigration countries... Austria 14.1 United Kingdom 9.1 Belgium 12.1 France 10.7 Germany12 3 Greece 8.8 Sweden 12.4 Switzerland 22.9 Spain 12.0 Australia 24.3 New Zealand 15.9 Canada 18. 9 United States of America 12.9 Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Trends in Total Migrant Stock International Migration Outlook: SOPEMI -2008 Edition -OECD © 2008

5 Migration creates SurplusMigration creates Re-distribution Policy: Maximise Surplus Minimise distributional Consequences Minimise Social Conflict Migrants Population receiving country Population sending country Higher return to skills Efficiency Gain Brain gain Population receiving country Population sending country Changes in skill return Changes in skill returns Remittances Brain Gain Migration creates social conflict

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8 The Migrant Experience The second generation The Immigrant: first generation The Family: first generation Household Interaction Interethnic Marriage Economic Disadvantage on Household Level Labour Market Performance Language acquisition Discrimination Self-Employment Intergenerational Mobility Educational Success labour Market Performance Language Proficiency

9 Some Key areas for future research are: 1.Understanding the different mechanisms that generate immigration surplus. 2.Understanding how migration relates to competitiveness, national education systems, and trade in a globalised world. Conclusions and Outlook

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