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Number of EU nationals working in UK reaches record level

18 May 2016

Jane Collins, employment spokesman for the pro-Brexit United Kingdom Independence party, said the 2.1m EU nationals working in Britain were ''a huge boon to multinational companies who can exploit the oversupply of labour to keep their wages low.'' However, John Van Reenen, director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, rebuffed that argument and said workers would suffer badly in the event of Brexit. ''There is no evidence that EU immigration does much harm to the jobs or pay of British people. By contrast, Brexit will inflict major damage on the real wages of ordinary workers by damaging trade, investment and productivity.''

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Related publications
Brexit and the Impact of Immigration on the UK, Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, John Van Reenen and Jonathan Wadsworth, CEP Brexit Analysis Paper No.05, May 2016
See the complete CEP Brexit Analysis Series here

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

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