CEP News: Bloomberg: Post-Brexit immigration cut 'wouldn't boost living standards'

Bloomberg:
Post-Brexit immigration cut 'wouldn't boost living standards'

11 May 2016

A reduction in immigration into the U.K. if the country votes to leave the European Union next month wouldn't lead to any improvement in living standards for those born in Britain, according to research from the London School of Economics.
''Cuts in EU immigration would not offset the big fall in U.K. living standards caused by the reduction in trade and investment that would result from Brexit,'' the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance said in a report released Wednesday.

This article was published online by Bloomberg on May 11, 2016
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Related publications
Brexit and the Impact of Immigration on the UK, Jonathan Wadsworth, Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano and John Van Reenen, CEP Brexit Analysis Series No.5, May 2016
See the complete set of CEP Brexit Analysis research papers here.

Related links
Jonathan Wadsworth webpage
Swati Dhingra webpage
Gianmarco Ottaviano webpage
John Van Reenen webpage
Labour Markets Programme webpage
Trade Programme webpage
Growth Programme webpage

Bloomberg:Post-Brexit immigration cut 'wouldn't boost living standards'

Bloomberg:
Post-Brexit immigration cut 'wouldn't boost living standards'