Adam Smith Institute blog:
Immigration is no reason to leave the EU
12 May 2016
I've become extremely pessimistic about the Leave campaign lately as it has latched on to Faragist arguments about immigration as a major reason to get out of the EU. This is not just naive liberalism - on virtually every count, the critics of EU immigration are wrong.
A new paper from the LSE's John Van Reenen and others summarises the existing research.
This article was published by the Adam Smith Institute blog on May 12, 2016
Link to article here
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