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Immigration and the Reallocation of Work Health Risks

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  • Osea Giuntella

    (University of Pittsburgh, IZA)

  • Fabrizio Mazzonna

    (Universita’ della Svizzera Italiana, MEA)

  • Catia Nicodemo

    (University of Oxford, CHSEO, IZA)

  • Carlos Vargas Silva

    (University of Oxford, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS))

Abstract

This paper studies the effects of immigration on the allocation of occupational physical burden and work injury risks. Using data for England and Wales from the Labour Force Survey (2003-2013), we find that, on average, immigration leads to a reallocation of UK-born workers towards jobs characterized by lower physical burden and injury risk. The results also show important differences across skill groups. Immigration reduces the average physical burden of UK-born workers with medium levels of education, but has no significant effect on those with low levels. These findings, together with the evidence that immigrants report lower injury rates than natives, suggest that the reallocation of tasks could reduce overall health care costs and the human and financial costs typically associated with workplace injuries.

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  • Osea Giuntella & Fabrizio Mazzonna & Catia Nicodemo & Carlos Vargas Silva, 2017. "Immigration and the Reallocation of Work Health Risks," Working Papers XREAP2017-12, Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP), revised Dec 2017.
    • Handle: RePEc:xrp:wpaper:xreap2017-12
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General

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