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Local-level immigration and life satisfaction: The EU enlargement experience in England and Wales
Ist Teil von
Environment and planning. A, 2018-02, Vol.50 (1), p.175-193
Ort / Verlag
London, England: SAGE Publications
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
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Quelle
Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The 2004 European Union enlargement resulted in an unprecedented wave of 1.5 million workers relocating from Eastern Europe to the UK. We study the links between this migrant inflow and life satisfaction of native residents in England and Wales. Combining the British Household Panel Survey with the Local Authority level administrative data from the Worker Registration Scheme, we find that higher levels of local immigration were associated with a decrease in life satisfaction among older, unemployed and lower-income people, and with an increase in life satisfaction among younger, employed, higher-income and better educated people. These findings are driven by the initial ‘migration shock’ – the inflows that occurred in the first two years after the enlargement. Overall, our study highlights the importance of local-level immigration in shaping the life satisfaction of receiving populations. We also argue that our results help explain the socio-demographic patterns observed in the UK Brexit vote.