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The Impact of Immigration on the Structure of Wages: Theory and Evidence from Britain
Manacorda, Marco; Manning, Alan; Wadsworth, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
Immigration to the UK, particularly among more educated workers, has risen appreciably over the past 30 years and as such has raised labor supply. However studies of the impact of immigration have failed to find any significant effect on the wages of native-born workers in the UK. This is...
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Does Speed Signal Ability? The Impact of Grade Repetitions on Employment and Wages
Brodaty, Thomas; Gary-Bobo, Robert J.; Prieto, Ana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
the average school-leaving age of students holding the same certificate or degree. We use past school-opening instruments …, and distance-to-the-nearest-college, also measured in the past, when students were entering grade 6, to identify the …
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