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Jeremy Corbyn is absolutely right about immigration. Here's why

28 September 2016

3. Immigrants have not depressed the wages of UK workers
A report by the London School of Economics this year showed that there was no correlation between an increase in immigration and the recent dip in wages. While wages have fallen in recent years and immigration continued to rise, wages were also rising while immigration was rising.
Includes a figure from research published by the Centre for Economic Performance

This article was published online by indy100 Independent on September 28, 2016
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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 Series Paper No.05, May 2016
Technical Appendix to 'Brexit and the impact of immigration on the UK'
See the whole series of CEP Brexit Analysis 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

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