Immigration and the reallocation of work health risks.

Autor/inn/en	Giuntella, Osea; Mazzonna, Fabrizio; Nicodemo, Catia; Vargas Silva, Carlos
Titel	Immigration and the reallocation of work health risks. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Einwanderung und die Neuverteilung von gesundheitlichen Arbeitsrisiken.
Quelle	In: Journal of population economics, 32 (2019) 3, S. 1009-1042 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0933-1433; 1432-1475
DOI	10.1007/s00148-018-0710-3
Schlagwörter	Arbeitsbelastung; Gesundheitsgefährdung; Inländer; Unfallgefahr; Körperliche Arbeit; Qualifikation; Arbeitsunfall; England; Großbritannien; Wales
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 characterised 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. We also find that that immigration led to an improvement self-reported measures of native workers' health. 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." (Author's abstract, © Springer-Verlag).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2019/4