CEP News: Financial Times: Proposals on lines of foreign workers cause outcry

Financial Times:
Proposals on lines of foreign workers cause outcry

5 October 2016

Academic studies also find little link between migration and unemployment. Economists from the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics say that when they look at the areas with the largest increases in EU immigration, these have not had the sharpest falls in employment or wages since 2008.

This article was published by the Financial Times on October 5, 2016
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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'
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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

Financial Times:Proposals on lines of foreign workers cause outcry

Financial Times:
Proposals on lines of foreign workers cause outcry