Exploring the nexus between immigration, integration and labour market outcomes
Dr. Ezgi Kaya is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. Her project aims to provide new and high-quality evidence on the labour market performance and integration of immigrant workers in England and Wales.
This project aims to explore the following research questions:
- How do labour market outcomes including pay, hours of work, occupational skill level and type of employment contract differ between UK-born and immigrant (non-UK-born) employees?
- What are the main drivers of any differences in labour market outcomes; and what is the influence of other personal and work-related characteristics, or the role played by individual employers?
- Does the labour market performance of immigrants vary by factors related to immigration and integration (language proficiency, years of residence in the UK, year of arrival, holding a UK passport or self-defined national identity)?
- How do labour market outcomes of immigrant employees progress over time; and how do the labour market dynamics of immigrants compare to those born in the UK?
You can find out more about Dr. Kaya’s work here.
Research Outputs:
This publication in The Scandinavian Journal of Economics outlines initial findings from Ezgi’s work which explores labour market disparities between immigrant and UK-born employees in the UK.
This ADR UK Data Explained summarises experiences and learning from working with the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) linked to 2011 Census – England and Wales dataset, while producing research exploring the links between immigration, integration, and labour market outcomes.
This ADR UK Data Insight discusses findings relating to the impact of employers on labour market differences between immigrant and UK-born employees.
This Global Labor Organization (GLO) discussion paper outlines initial findings from this project.