The employment adjustment of male immigrants in England

In this paper the employment performance of native and foreign born men in England is examined, using 1993-1994 data from the Quarterly Labour Force S urvey of the United Kingdom. Chiswick's (1982) hypotheses of immigrant empl oyment adjustment are investigated using logistic regression analysis. We s how that there are interesting and important employment effects arising fro m immigrant characteristics. Recent white immigrants experience a transitor y employment disadvantage. However non-white immigrants never attain employ ment equality with native born white men. Education, potential experience, family characteristics and country of birth are also found to be important determinants of employment.