Oxford Scholarship Online: Work and Pay in 20th Century Britain

Work and Pay in 20th Century Britain Crafts, Nicholas Professor of Economic History, University of Warwick Gazeley, Ian Senior Lecturer in Economic History, University of Sussex Newell, Andrew Head of the Department of Economics and Senior Lecturer, University of Sussex Print publication date: 2007 (this edition) Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2007 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-921266-8
13 Immigration and the Labour Market doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199212668.003.0014 Dudley Baines Abstract: This chapter discusses the main features of British immigration and emigration in the 20th century and their effect on the labour market. It is shown that for a long time, there were strict rules governing who could enter the country and work, but this policy was never related to the needs of the labour market, as the government saw it. Immigration has not worsened the skills shortages in the UK labour market. Keywords: Britain, immigration, emigration, labour market,