CEP News: The Independent: What do immigrants do for the UK economy? Nine charts Conservative ministers seem to be ignoring

The Independent:
What do immigrants do for the UK economy? Nine charts Conservative ministers seem to be ignoring

5 October 2016

Article includes nine charts to help provide an answer to 'And what is the real impact of immigrants on the rest of the workforce and the wider economy?' including:
Jonathan Wadsworth a researcher at the London School of Economics has found no correlation between local average wage growth and the local share of migrants in a local workforce.

This article was published online by the Independent on October 5, 2016
Link to article here

Related publications
Immigration and the UK Labour Market, Jonathan Wadsworth, Centre for Economic Performance 2015 Election Analysis No 19, February 2015
Brexit and the Impact of Immigration on the UK, Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, John Van Reenen and Jonathan Wadsworth, CEP Brexit Analysis Series Paper No.05, May 2016
Technical Appendix to 'Brexit and the impact of immigration on the UK'

Related links
Jonathan Wadsworth webpage
Labour Markets Programme webpage

The Independent:What do immigrants do for the UK economy? Nine charts Conservative ministers seem to be ignoring

The Independent:
What do immigrants do for the UK economy? Nine charts Conservative ministers seem to be ignoring