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MIGRATION :silhouettes: (*PUSH/PULL FACTORS (High unemployment/few job…

- - - - Wages may be not be able to fall
    - - Skill differences between migrants - influx of skilled workers?
    - - Free movement disparities - capital & labour activity concentrating in one area - more inequality
        
        Highly skilled in NW Europe - perpetuates wage inequalities - disparities in qualify of life
- - - - Working age migrants pay income tax, VAT
  - - - EU immigrants have made a positive fiscal contribution
        
        Younger age profile + higher employment rates
        
        May be net-negative in the long-run
      - Immigrants tend to be more highly skilled than native workers
      - Non-EU immigrants net-negative contribution
- - - - 0.6% decline in wages of 5% lowest paid
  - - - Large inflow of workers from Eastern European economies – helping to meet the demand for semi-skilled jobs, such as builders and plumbers.
      - The government has also sought to attract migrants to meet shortfalls in job vacancies in key public sector jobs - nursing.
- - - - An increase in demand for housing - positive effect for property owners - increasing prices
      - Negatively impact homebuyers - Increased demand - rise in prices if there is a supply constraint
    - - Cities that experience large migrant inflows can experience consumption gains
    - - EU migration IN 2014 added £160 million in additional NHS costs