abstract: 'The main objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive

  description of the economic outcomes and performance of Britain''s

  immigrant communities today and over the last two decades. We

  distinguish between males and females and, where possible and

  meaningful, between immigrants of different origins. Our comparison

  group is white British-born individuals. Our data source is the British

  Labour Force Survey. We first provide descriptive information on the

  composition of immigrants in Britain, and how this has changed over

  time, their socio-economic characteristics, their industry allocation

  and their labour market outcomes. We then investigate various labour

  market performance indicators (labour force participation, employment,

  wages and self-employment) for immigrants of different origins, and

  compare them with British-born whites of the same age, region and other

  background characteristics. We find that over the last 20 years,

  Britain''s immigrant population has changed in origin composition and has

  dramatically improved in skill composition - not dissimilar from the

  trend in the British-born population. We find substantial differences in

  economic outcomes between white and ethnic minority immigrants. Within

  these groups, immigrants of different origins differ considerably with

  respect to their education and age structure, their regional

  distribution and their sector choice. In general, white immigrants are

  more successful in Britain, although there are differences between

  groups of different origins. The investigation shows that immigrants

  from some ethnic minority groups, and in particular females, are

  particularly disadvantaged, with Pakistanis and Bangladeshis at the

  lower end of this scale.'
affiliation: 'Dustmann, C (Corresponding Author), UCL, Dept Econ, London WC1E 6BT,
  England.

  UCL, Dept Econ, London WC1E 6BT, England.

  UCL, CReAM, London WC1E 6BT, England.

  Inst Fiscal Studies, London, England.

  Univ Munich, Dept Econ, D-80539 Munich, Germany.'
author: Dustmann, C and Fabbri, F
author-email: 'c.dustmann@ucl.ac.uk

  Francesca.Fabbri@lrz.uni-muenchen.de'
author_list:
- family: Dustmann
  given: C
- family: Fabbri
  given: F
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2005.00019.x
files: []
issn: 0143-5671
journal: FISCAL STUDIES
keywords-plus: 'SELF-EMPLOYMENT; ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS; ETHNIC-MINORITIES; EARNINGS;

  BRITAIN; ASSIMILATION; PERFORMANCE; ADJUSTMENT; ENGLAND; FAMILY'
language: English
month: DEC
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '28'
pages: 423-470
papis_id: a779de4129f50e7ebfce95b29381a2f2
ref: Dustmann2005immigrantsbritish
times-cited: '52'
title: Immigrants in the British labour market
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000234362200001
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usage-count-since-2013: '23'
volume: '26'
web-of-science-categories: Business, Finance; Economics
year: '2005'