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2008 financial crash drove fall in real wages, not wave of EU migration - LSE study

11 May 2016

Contrary to what some believe, inequality, wages and job opportunities for British-born citizens have not been negatively impacted by the recent surge in migrants from the EU, a new study suggests. Published by the London School of Economics' (LSE) Centre for Economic Performance this week, the research forms part of a broader series of papers due for release ahead of Britain's EU referendum on June 23. This latest study found that regions in Britain that have attracted the biggest spike in workers from other European states have not been hit by sharper drops in pay or eroded job opportunities any more than other UK districts.

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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.

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

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