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Lee Elliot Major writes about the need for new financial arrangements for universities to uphold the principle that a university education should be accessible to all. ... Read more...
21 January 2025
"Migrants are more likely, on average, to be self-employed and to start up companies." Max Nathan of CEP's Urban Programme interviewed for the documentary made by Wired in partnership with the Mu... Read more...
31 January 2018
Basically the only American-born group that you could even plausibly argue are harmed is high school dropouts. This is a fairly tiny group, but it’s not even clear they are harmed. Research by the Univer... Read more...
03 August 2017
New arrivals flock to the occupations and industries in which existing immigrants work, argues Barbara Petrongolo. Most economists would argue that there is not much of a trade-off involved in this choice. Th... Read more...
18 October 2016
Economic migrants are seen as a threat to jobs and the welfare state. The reality is more complex Until quite recently the academic literature treated migrants as substitutes for native workers. But what if they were co... Read more...
01 October 2016
When politicians speak of a need to 'control' EU immigration, we should be asking why. The evidence shows that free movement of people is working for all of us. But the available evidence suggests the overall impact of ... Read more...
24 July 2016
David Metcalf writes about the Migration Advisory Committee's review of the shortage occupation list The MAC recommends placing nurses on the country's 'shortage occupation list' or 'SOL': they are skilled, in shortage ... Read more...
29 June 2016
The economist putting Brexit into context: meet Swati Dhingra To take a closer look at the implications of 'Brexit', I asked Assistant Professor Swati Dhingra, of the Department of Economics and Centre for Economic Perf... Read more...
07 May 2016
However, other studies show that the influx of immigrants has negative effects on the median salary (but not on employment) natives working in low-skilled sectors such as the building and public works, so on the remunera... Read more...
14 September 2015
A study by researchers at the London School of Economics earlier this year found that immigration to Britain has not increased unemployment or reduced wages. This article was published by The Gulf Today on August 11, 20... Read more...
11 August 2015