Economic Impacts of Immigration Working Paper Series

Migrants and Labour Market Outcomes

Economic Impacts of Immigration Working Paper Series

Report to:

Economic Impact of Immigration, Department of Labour

Migrants and Labour Market outcomes

Prepared for the Department of Labour by

Dr Ganesh Nana

Kel Sanderson

August 2008

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JEL Classification: F22 International migration; J61 Labour mobility, immigrant workers; J24 skills, occupational choice and labour productivity

Acknowledgements
This report has been prepared by BERL economists Dr Ganesh Nana and Kel Sanderson. We acknowledge those who commented on previous drafts as well as workshop participants. Special thanks to Prof Jacques Poot, James Chang, Paul Merwood, Ram SriRamaratnam and Rob Hodgson (Department of Labour) for their detailed comments and guidance.

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