CVER | Publications

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Natural experiments in labour economics and beyond: The 2021 Nobel laureates David Card, Joshua Angrist, and Guido Imbens Jörn-Steffen Pischke October 2021
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Tags: immigration; schools; social mobility; wages; policy; equality;

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Trading places Josh De Lyon, Swati Dhingra, Sophie Hale and James Smith
October 2021
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Tags: economy2030; immigration; brexit; policy;

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Return of the guest worker: guest or servant? Alan Manning
October 2021
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Tags: employment; immigration; labour; labour shortage; equality

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UK labour shortages and immigration: looking at the evidence Alan Manning
September 2021
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Tags: immigration; wages; labour; labor; labour shortage

CEP discussion paper
Income and the desire to migrate Monica Langella and Alan Manning
September 2021
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Tags: international migration; migration intentions; development

CEP discussion paper
The donut effect of Covid-19 on cities Nicholas Bloom and Arjun Ramani
September 2021
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Tags: covid-19; us; â€˜donut effectâ€™; migration patterns; firm-specific shocks; earnings

CEP discussion paper
Dynamic spatial general equilibrium Benny Kleinman, Ernest Liu and Stephen J. Redding
July 2021
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Tags: spatial dynamics; economic geography; trade; migration

CEP Insights
Immigration Jonathan Wadsworth
July 2021
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Tags: immigration

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The differing effects of globalisation on trade versus migration Rebecca Freeman and John Lewis
June 2021
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Tags: globalisation; trade; migration;

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Why the UK-India Young Professionals Scheme might end up benefitting a handful of large companies Alan Manning
May 2021
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Tags: wellbeing; immigration; employment

CEP discussion paper
Does growing up in a recession increase compassion? The case of attitudes towards immigration Maria Cotofan, Robert Dur and Stephan Meier April 2021
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JEL Classification: D9; E7; J1

Tags: immigration; attitudes; social preferences; parochialism; redistribution; macroeconomic conditions; impressionable years

CEP discussion paper
Quality of life in a dynamic spatial model Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Fabian Bald, Duncan Roth and Tobias Seidel
December 2020
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JEL Classification: J2; J3; R2; R3; R5

Tags: covid-19; dynamic; housing; migration; rents; pollution; productivity; spatial equilibrium; quality of life; wages; welfare; economic geography; productivity; wages; wellbeing

Journal article
Local economic conditions and the nature of new housing supply Christian A. L. Hilber, Jan Rouwendal and Wouter Vermeulen
November 2020
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Tags: local economic conditions; open monocentric city model; land conversion; housing supply; housing type; housing consumption; land use regulation; migration

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1 Million Missing Immigrants (And 1.2 Million More UK-Born) Jonathan Wadsworth
November 2020
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Tags: immigration; covid-19; labour markets; labor markets; labour; labor

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Two Things About Ethnicity Pay Gaps that May Have Passed You By Jonathan Wadsworth
October 2020
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Tags: immigration; wages; ethnicity

Submission to a parliamentary inquiry and government consultation
Channel crossings, migration and asylum-seeking routes through the EU Alan Manning
September 2020
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Tags: immigration

Journal article
The political economy of trade and migration: Evidence from the U.S. Congress Paola Conconi, Giovanni Facchini, Max F. Steinhardt and Maurizio Zanardi July 2020
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Tags: immigration reforms; roll-call votes; trade reforms

Journal article
Migration and Urbanization in Post-Apartheid South Africa Jan David Bakker, Christopher Parsons and Ferdinand Rauch
June 2020
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Tags: economic geography; migration; natural experiment; urbanization

CEP discussion paper
Immigrant inventors and diversity in the age of mass migration Francesco Campo, Mariapia Mendola, Andrea Morrison and Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano June 2020
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JEL Classification: F22; J61; O31

Tags: international migration; cultural diversity; innovation

CEP discussion paper
Monopsony and the wage effects of migration Michael Amior and Alan Manning
May 2020
Paper No' CEPDP1690:
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JEL Classification: J31; J42; J61

Tags: migration; wages; monopsony

CEP discussion paper
The contribution of immigration to local labor market adjustment Michael Amior
February 2020
Paper No' CEPDP1678:
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JEL Classification: J61; J64; R23

Tags: immigration; geographical mobility; local labor markets; employment

CEP discussion paper
Immigration, local crowd-out and undercoverage bias Michael Amior
January 2020
Paper No' CEPDP1669:
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JEL Classification: J61; J64; R23

Tags: immigration; geographical mobility; local labor markets; employment

CEP election analysis
#GE2019Economists: the research evidence on key issues for voters in the 2019 UK General Election
December 2019
Paper No' CEPEA056:
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Tags: uk 2019 general election; uk economy; labour market; brexit economics; immigration; social mobility; education and skills; people; places and politics; housing; energy and climate change; health and social care; policing and crime

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Immigration is no longer the most pressing concern among the electorate Jonathan Wadsworth
December 2019
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Tags: campaigns; cep; migration; uk politics; immigration; brexit

This blog post is based on the 2019 CEP Election Analysis on Immigration

CEP election analysis
Immigration Jonathan Wadsworth
November 2019
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Tags: immigration; immigration policy; taxes; state benefits; economy

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CEP Brexit analysis
The economic impact of Boris Johnson’s Brexit proposals Matt Bevington, Hanwei Huang, Anand Menon, Jonathan Portes, Jill Rutter and Thomas Sampson October 2019
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Tags: brexit; trade; immigration; public policy; government

Journal article
Measuring urban economic density J. Vernon Henderson, Sebastian Kriticos and Dzhamilya Nigmatulina
August 2019
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Tags: agglomeration economies; cities; economic density; economic development; landscan; pull forces; rural-urban migration; sub-saharan africa; urbanization

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Residential mobility in the UK: how distance and local economic conditions drive residential choices Monica Langella and Alan Manning August 2019
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Tags: british and irish politics and policy; cep; featured; lse comment; economic conditions; economy; employment; immigration; migration; moblity; moving; opportunity; regional; regions; residential mobility; unemployment

CEP discussion paper
Commuting, migration and local joblessness Michael Amior and Alan Manning
June 2019
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JEL Classification: J21; J61; J64; R23

Tags: spatial inequality; commuting; migration

CEP discussion paper
Trainspotting: 'good jobs', training and skilled immigration Andrew Mountford and Jonathan Wadsworth
May 2019
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JEL Classification: J6

Tags: immigration; training; income distribution

Journal article
Off EU Go? Brexit, the UK Labour Market and Immigration Jonathan Wadsworth
December 2018
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JEL Classification: J6

Tags: immigration; unemployment; wages; brexit

CEP Brexit analysis
The economic consequences of the Brexit deal Peter Levell, Anand Menon, Jonathan Portes and Thomas Sampson
November 2018
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Tags: brexit; trade; immigration; public policy; government

CEP discussion paper
The contribution of foreign migration to local labor market adjustment Michael Amior
November 2018
Paper No' CEPDP1582:
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JEL Classification: J61; J64; R23

Tags: migration; geographical mobility; local labor markets; employment

CEP discussion paper
The political economy of trade and migration: evidence from the US Congress Paola Conconi, Giovanni Facchini, Max F. Steinhardt and Maurizio Zanardi August 2018
Paper No' CEPDP1564:
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JEL Classification: F1; F22

Tags: trade reforms; immigration reforms; roll-call votes

Journal article
The persistence of local joblessness Michael Amior and Alan Manning
July 2018
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JEL Classification: J21;J61;J64;R23

Tags: labor force; employment; geographic labor mobility; immigrant workers; unemployment; job search; regional migration; regional labor markets; population; neighborhood characteristics

Journal article
Intended versus unintended consequences of migration restriction policies: Evidence from a natural experiment in Indonesia Mattia Makovec, Ririn S. Purnamasari, Matteo Sandi and Astrid R. Savitri July 2018
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Tags: female migrants; indonesia; labor migration; local labor markets; migration policy; migration restrictions;

External publication
World Happiness Report 2018 John Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey D. Sachs
March 2018
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Tags: wellbeing; immigration; migration; happiness

Journal article
Immigration, trade and productivity in services: Evidence from U.K. firms Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano, Giovanni Peri and Greg C. Wright March 2018
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Tags: immigration; services trade; uk economy; productivity

Journal article
How Local Are Labor Markets? Evidence from a Spatial Job Search Model Alan Manning and Barbara Petrongolo
October 2017
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JEL Classification: J61;J64;R23;R58

Tags: geographic labor mobility; immigrant workers; unemployment; models; duration; incidence; job search; regional migration; regional labor markets; population; neighborhood characteristics

CentrePiece article
The labour market impact of refugee waves Michael A. Clemens and Jennifer Hunt
October 2017
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CentrePiece 22 (3) Autumn 2017

Tags: refugees; immigration; instrumental variables

This article summarises ‘The Labor Market Effects of Refugee Waves: Reconciling Conflicting Results’ by Michael Clemens and Jennifer Hunt, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1491, July 2017.

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Decomposing the Impact of Immigration on House Prices Rosa Sanchis-Guarner
September 2017
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JEL Classification: J61; R12; R21

Tags: immigration; housing; spain; instrumental variables

CEP discussion paper
The labor market effects of refugee waves: reconciling conflicting results Michael A. Clemens and Jennifer Hunt
July 2017
Paper No' CEPDP1491:
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JEL Classification: J61; O15; R23

Tags: refugees; immigration; instrumental variables

CEP election analysis
#GE2017Economists: The Research Evidence on Key Issues for Voters in the 2017 UK General Election Stephen Machin and Romesh Vaitilingam June 2017
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Tags: uk 2017 general election; brexit; nhs; education; immigration; climate change; industrial strategy; regional development; real wages; living standards

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CEP election analysis
Immigration and the UK Economy Jonathan Wadsworth
May 2017
Paper No' CEPEA039:
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Tags: immigration; eu countries; economy; brexit

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CEP discussion paper
Who voted for Brexit? A comprehensive district-Level analysis Sascha O. Becker, Thiemo Fetzer and Dennis Novy
April 2017
Paper No' CEPDP1480:
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JEL Classification: D72; N44; R23; Z13

Tags: political economy; voting; referendum; migration; austerity

CentrePiece article
Who voted Leave? Monica Langella and Alan Manning
October 2016
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CentrePiece 21 (2) Autumn 2016

Tags: brexit; eu referendum; immigration; demographics; uk politics; uk economy

CentrePiece article
Brexit and the UK labour market Barbara Petrongolo
October 2016
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CentrePiece 21 (2) Autumn 2016

Tags: brexit; eu referendum; uk economy; immigration; labour market

This analysis of the UK labour market was first published in the VoxEU ebook Brexit Beckons: Thinking ahead by leading economists.

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The aftermath of the Brexit vote – the verdict from a derided expert John Van Reenen
August 2016
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Tags: brexit; brexitvote; economy and society; featured; john van reenen; lse comment; experts; immigration

CEP Brexit analysis
BREXIT 2016: policy analysis from the Centre for Economic Performance Holger Breinlich, Swati Dhingra, Saul Estrin, Hanwei Huang, Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson, John Van Reenen and Jonathan Wadsworth June 2016
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Tags: brexit; eu referendum; uk economy; uk politics; trade; foreign investment; growth; productivity; immigration; wages; labour

CentrePiece article
A shortage of nurses? David Metcalf
June 2016
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CentrePiece 21 (1) Summer 2016

Tags: nhs; nursing; immigration; uk health sector; migration advisory committee; workforce; wages; trade unions

For further details, see the MAC’s report , published in March 2016.

CentrePiece article
Why immigration is no reason to leave the EU Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano, John Van Reenen and Jonathan Wadsworth
June 2016
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CentrePiece 21 (1) Summer 2016

Tags: immigration; eu referendum; jobs; wages; uk economy; brexit

This article summarises ‘Brexit and the Impact of Immigration on the UK’, CEP Brexit Analysis No. 5 by Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, John Van Reenen and Jonathan Wadsworth, May 2016.

CEP Brexit analysis
Brexit and the impact of immigration on the UK Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano, John Van Reenen and Jonathan Wadsworth May 2016
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Tags: brexit; immigration; uk government policy; uk economy; wages; employment; eu referendum

CEP discussion paper
Commuting, migration and local employment elasticities Ferdinando Monte, Stephen J. Redding and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
November 2015
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JEL Classification: F16; J6; J61; R0

Tags: commuting; migration and local employment elasticities

CentrePiece article
Immigration: the link to international trade in services Gianmarco Ottaviano and colleagues explore the relationship between two notable features of globalisation Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano, Giovanni Peri and Greg C. Wright
November 2015
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CentrePiece 20 (2) Autumn 2015

Tags: immigration; services trade

This article summarises 'Immigration, Trade and Productivity in Services: Evidence from UK Firms' by Gianmarco Ottaviano, Giovanni Peri and Greg Wright, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1353

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Are People Moving Home Less? An Analysis of Address Changing in England and Wales, 1971-2011, Using the ONS Longitudinal Study Tony Champion and Ian Shuttleworth July 2015
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JEL Classification: J11; J61; O15; R23

Tags: internal migration; migration intensity; long-term trend; longitudinal study; england and wales; microdata

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Is Internal Migration Slowing? An Analysis of Four Decades of NHSCR Records for England and Wales Tony Champion and Ian Shuttleworth July 2015
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JEL Classification: J11; J61; O15; R23

Tags: internal migration; migration intensity; between-area moves; long-term trend; england and wales

CEP discussion paper
The persistence of local joblessness Michael Amior and Alan Manning
June 2015
Paper No' CEPDP1357:
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JEL Classification: J61; J64; R23

Tags: local labor markets; unemployment; inactivity; internal migration; commuting

'The Persistence of Local Joblessness', Michael Amior and Alan Manning, American Economic Review, 108(7), July 2018

CEP discussion paper
Immigration, trade and productivity in services: evidence from UK firms Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano, Giovanni Peri and Greg C. Wright May 2015
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JEL Classification: F16; F10; F22; F23

Tags: immigration; services trade

CEP election analysis
#ElectionEconomics: The Research Evidence on Key Issues for Voters in the 2015 UK General Election Ghazala Azmat, Brian Bell, Jonathan Colmer, Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Swati Dhingra, Christian A. L. Hilber, Stephen Machin, Alan Manning, Ralf Martin, Alistair McGuire, Sandra McNally, Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano, Henry G. Overman, Isabelle Roland, Thomas Sampson, Anna Valero, John Van Reenen, Jonathan Wadsworth, Gill Wyness and Gabriel Zucman April 2015
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Tags: 2015 uk general election; government policy; austerity; productivity; health; nhs; education; higher education; immigration; brexit; eu; inequality; real wages; unemployment; gender; management; productivity; uk housing; environment; climate change; uk cities; infrastructure; taxation

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Moving People with Ideas - Innovation, Inter-regional Mobility and Firm Heterogeneity Riccardo Crescenzi and Luisa Gagliardi
April 2015
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JEL Classification: O31; O15; J61; R23

Tags: innovation; labour mobility; inter-regional migration; spillovers

CEP discussion paper
Why are higher skilled workers more mobile geographically? The role of the job surplus Michael Amior
March 2015
Paper No' CEPDP1338:
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JEL Classification: J24; J61; J64

Tags: internal migration; job search; education; skills

CEP election analysis
Immigration and the UK Labour Market Jonathan Wadsworth
February 2015
Paper No' CEPEA019:
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Tags: immigration; european union; uk; government policy; education; labour market; jobs; wages

CEP discussion paper
The impact of immigration on the local labor market outcomes of blue collar workers: panel data evidence Javier Ortega and Gregory Verdugo February 2015
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JEL Classification: J15; J31

Tags: immigration; wages; employment

CentrePiece article
The ‘investor route’ to UK citizenship David Metcalf
October 2014
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CentrePiece 19 (2) Autumn 2014

Tags: migration advisory committee; visas; policy

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Local Economic Conditions and the Nature of New Housing Supply Christian A. L. Hilber, Jan Rouwendal and Wouter Vermeulen
August 2014
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JEL Classification: R11; R21; R31; R52

Tags: local economic conditions; open monocentric city model; land conversion; housing supply; housing type; housing consumption; land use regulation; migration

CEP discussion paper
Immigration, Diversity and the Labour Market Outcomes of Native Workers: Some Recent Developments Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano August 2014
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JEL Classification: F22; J31; J61

Tags: immigration; wages; productivity; cultural diversity

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
First-Come First-Served: Identifying the Demand Effect of Immigration Inflows on House Prices Rosa Sanchis-Guarner
May 2014
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JEL Classification: J61; R12; R21

Tags: immigration; housing markets; instrumental variables

CEP policy analysis
Immigration, the European Union and the UK Labour Market Jonathan Wadsworth
May 2014
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Tags: immigration; european union; uk; government policy; education; labour market; jobs; wages

CentrePiece article
Immigrant's access to social housing: perception and reality Alan Manning, Diego Battiston, Richard Dickens and Jonathan Wadsworth May 2014
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CentrePiece 19 (1) Spring 2014

JEL Classification: F22; R21; H75

Tags: immigration; social housing

This article summarises 'Immigration and the Access to Social Housing in the UK' by Diego Battiston, Richard Dickens, Alan Manning and Jonathan Wadsworth, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1264, April 2014.

CEP discussion paper
Immigration and the Access to Social Housing in the UK Diego Battiston, Richard Dickens, Alan Manning and Jonathan Wadsworth
April 2014
Paper No' CEPDP1264:
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JEL Classification: F22; R21; H75

Tags: immigration; social housing

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Immigrant Diversity and Economic Development in Cities: A Critical Review Thomas Kemeny
November 2013
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JEL Classification: O4; O15; O18; O31; R0; J28; J31

Tags: diversity; immigration; cities; regional economic performance

Journal article
Crime and immigration: evidence from large immigrant waves Brian Bell, Francesco Fasani and Stephen Machin
October 2013
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Tags: immigration; crime

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Cultural Diversity, Cities and Innovation: firm Effects or City Effects? Neil Lee
October 2013
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JEL Classification: J61; L21; M13; 011; 031; R23

Tags: cultural diversity; innovation; cities; smes; migration

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Urban Escalators and Inter-regional Elevators: The Difference that Location, Mobility and Sectoral Specialisation make to Occupational Progression Tony Champion, Mike Coombes and Ian Gordon September 2013
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JEL Classification: J24; J61; J62; R23

Tags: escalator region; labour migration; elevator effect; city-regions; social mobility; career progression

CEP discussion paper
Crime and Immigration: New Evidence from England and Wales Laura Jaitman and Stephen Machin
September 2013
Paper No' CEPDP1238:
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JEL Classification: F22;K42

Tags: crime; immigration; enclaves; a8.

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Top Team Demographics, Innovation and Business Performance: Findings from English Firms and Cities 2008-9 Max Nathan
March 2013
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JEL Classification: J61; L21; M13; O11; O31; R23

Tags: cities; innovation; entrepreneurship; cultural diversity; migration; gender

CentrePiece article
Immigration and the UK Labour Market David Metcalf
December 2012
Paper No' CEPCP381:
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CentrePiece 17 (3) Winter 2012

Tags: immigration; government policy; eu; migration policy; work skills

CEP discussion paper
The Careers of Immigrants Ana Damas de Matos
October 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1171:
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JEL Classification: J31; J61; J63

Tags: wage differentials; wage convergence; job mobility; immigration; linked employer-employee panel data

CentrePiece article
In brief: Mother tongue:the economics of language learning Javier Ortega and Gregory Verdugo
September 2012
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CentrePiece 17 (2) Autumn 2012

JEL Classification: F22; J15

Tags: immigration; assimilation; language policies; minorities; canada

This article summarises 'Assimilation in Multilingual Cities' by Javier Ortega and Gregory Verdugo, CEP Discussion Paper No.1110, December 2011

CEP discussion paper
Musn't Grumble. Immigration, Health and Health Service Use in the UK and Germany Jonathan Wadsworth
September 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1166:
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JEL Classification: H00; J00

Tags: immigration; health; health service

CEP policy analysis
Immigration and the UK Labour Market: The latest evidence from economic research Jonathan Wadsworth
June 2012
Paper No' CEPPA014:
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Tags: immigration; government policy; education; labour market; jobs; wages

CentrePiece article
In brief: Language barriers? The impact of non-native English speakers in the classroom Charlotte Geay, Sandra McNally and Shqiponja Telhaj May 2012
Paper No' CEPCP368:
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CentrePiece 17 (1) Spring 2012

Tags: primary school education; uk; educational attainment; curriculum; immigration; language

This article summarises 'Non-native Speakers of English in the Classroom: What are the Effects on Pupil Performance?' by Charlotte Geay, Sandra McNally and Shqiponja Telhaj, Centre for the Economics of Education Discussion Paper No.137, March 2012

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Ambition, Human Capital Acquisition and the Metropolitan Escalator Ian Gordon
April 2012
Paper No' SERCDP0107:
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JEL Classification: J24; J61; J62; R23

Tags: escalator region; migration; urban labour market; london; social mobility; human capital

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Accounting for Big City Growth in Low Paid Occupations: Immigration and/or Service Class Consumption Ian Gordon and Ioannis Kaplanis April 2012
Paper No' SERCDP0106:
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JEL Classification: J21; J23; F22; R12

Tags: regional labour markets; wages; employment; international migration; consumer demand

CEP discussion paper
Why Are Migrants Paid More? Alex Bryson, Giambattista Rossi and Rob Simmons
March 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1134:
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JEL Classification: J24; J31; J61; J71; M52

Tags: wages; migration; superstars; productivity; compensating wage differentials; sports

CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
Non-Native Speakers Of English In The Classroom: What Are The Effects On Pupil Performance? Charlotte Geay, Sandra McNally and Shqiponja Telhaj March 2012
Paper No' CEEDP0137:
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Tags: language; immigration; education

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Flexible Employment and Cross-Regional Adjustment Ioannis Kaplanis and Vassilis Monastiriotis
January 2012
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JEL Classification: R11; R23; J08; J61

Tags: employment flexibility; regional migration; labour market adjustment

CEP discussion paper
Assimilation in Multilingual Cities Javier Ortega and Gregory Verdugo
December 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1110:
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JEL Classification: F22; J15

Tags: immigration; assimilation; language policies; minorities

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Does Skilled Migration Foster Innovative Performance? Evidence from British Local Areas Luisa Gagliardi
November 2011
Paper No' SERCDP0097:
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JEL Classification: O15; O31; I2; H22

Tags: innovation; migration; education; externalities

Journal article
The impact of immigration on the structure of wages: theory and evidence from Britain Marco Manacorda, Alan Manning and Jonathan Wadsworth October 2011
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Tags: immigration

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Agglomeration in the Periphery Matti Sarvimäki
May 2011
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JEL Classification: R12; J61; N94

Tags: agglomeration externalities; natural advantages; migration

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Does Cultural Diversity Help Innovation in Cities: Evidence from London Firms Neil Lee and Max Nathan
February 2011
Paper No' SERCDP0069:
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JEL Classification: J61; L21; M13; O11; O31; R23

Tags: cities; innovation; entrepreneurship; cultural diversity; migration; london

This paper has been published as:
Cultural Diversity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Firm-level Evidence from London by Max Nathan and Neil Lee, Economic Geography Volume 89, Issue 4, October 2013

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
The Economics of Super-Diversity: Findings from British Cities, 2001-2006 Max Nathan
February 2011
Paper No' SERCDP0068:
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JEL Classification: JI; J15; J61; O18; R11; R23

Tags: cities; demography; migration; culture; cultural diversity; super-diversity; urban economies; growth

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
The Long Term Impacts of Migration in British Cities: Diversity, Wages, Employment and Prices Max Nathan
February 2011
Paper No' SERCDP0067:
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JEL Classification: D24; J15; J61; O18; R11; R23

Tags: cities; migration; cultural diversity; labour markets; productivity; urban economics

CEP discussion paper
Immigration and the Occupational Choice of Natives: A Factor Proportions Approach Javier Ortega and Gregory Verdugo
January 2011
Paper No' CEPDP1043:
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JEL Classification: J15; J31

Tags: immigration; occupations

CEP discussion paper
Crime and Immigration: Evidence from Large Immigrant Waves Brian Bell, Francesco Fasani and Stephen Machin
June 2010
Paper No' CEPDP0984:
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JEL Classification: F22; K42

Tags: crime; immigration

CEP election analysis
CEP Election Analysis 2010 - The complete Series, discussing research on some of the key policy battlegrounds of the 2010 General Election April 2010
Paper No' CEPEA017:
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Tags: immigration; crime; education; health; banks; finance; jobs; unemployment; macroeconomics; public finances; urban renewal; housing; inequality; climate change

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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Self-Reinforcing Shocks: Evidence from a Resettlement Policy Aki Kangasharju and Matti Sarvimäki
April 2010
Paper No' SERCDP0047:
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JEL Classification: F12; J10; R12; N94

Tags: economic geography; agglomeration; migration

CEP election analysis
Immigration and the UK Labour Market: The Evidence from Economic Research Jonathan Wadsworth
April 2010
Paper No' CEPEA006:
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Tags: immigration; uk; labour market

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CEP discussion paper
Networks in the Premodern Economy: the Market for London Apprenticeships, 1600-1749 Tim Leunig, Chris Minns and Patrick Wallis November 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0956:
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JEL Classification: N3; J2; J6

Tags: apprenticeship; human capital formation; training; migration; networks; uk; early modern

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
The Impact of Immigration on Occupational Wages: Evidence from Britain Stephen Nickell and Jumana Saleheen
October 2009
Paper No' SERCDP0034:
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JEL Classification: J6

Tags: immigration; occupation; wages

CEP discussion paper
The Economic Situation of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in France, Germany and the United Kingdom Yann Algan, Christian Dustmann, Albrecht Glitz and Alan Manning October 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0951:
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JEL Classification: J30; J61; J64

Tags: immigration; earnings; employment; education; france; germany; uk

SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
Long-Term Effects of Forced Migration Markus Jäntti, Matti Sarvimäki and Roope Uusitalo
March 2009
Paper No' SERCDP0015:
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JEL Classification: J60; O15; R23

Tags: migration; displaced persons; regional labor markets

CEE/Education and skills discussion paper
Access, Choice and Participation in Higher Education Stephen Gibbons and Anna Vignoles
January 2009
Paper No' CEEDP0101:
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JEL Classification: I2; R

Tags: higher education; choice; migration

CEP discussion paper
Change and Continuity Among Minority Communities in Britain Andreas Georgiadis and Alan Manning
January 2009
Paper No' CEPDP0903:
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JEL Classification: J15; J61; F22

Tags: immigration; assimilation

CEP occasional paper
Assimilation of Migrants into the British Labour Market Richard Dickens and Abigail McKnight
October 2008
Paper No' CEPOP22:
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JEL Classification: J61

Tags: migration; labour markets; assimilation

CEP discussion paper
On the Relative Gains to Immigration: A Comparison of the Labour Market Position of Indians in the USA, the UK and India Jonathan Wadsworth and Augustin de Coulon February 2008
Paper No' CEPDP0851:
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JEL Classification: J31; J61; J68

Tags: immigration; wages; relative ranking

CEP discussion paper
Conflict-Induced Displacement and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina Florence Kondylis November 2007
Paper No' CEPDP0777:
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JEL Classification: C33; C81; J60; O15; R23

Tags: civil conflict; labour market; migration; panel data

CEP discussion paper
The Returns to Temporary Migration to the United States: Evidence from the Mexican Urban Employment Survey Benjamin Aleman-Castilla June 2007
Paper No' CEPDP0804:
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JEL Classification: J61; J22; J15

Tags: temporary migration; real wages; labour supply

CEP discussion paper
Offshoring: General Equilibrium Effects on Wages, Production and Trade Richard E. Baldwin and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud
May 2007
Paper No' CEPDP0794:
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JEL Classification: F02; F12; L22; R11

Tags: offshoring; shadow migration; inter-industry trade; intra-industry trade; trade theorems

CEP discussion paper
Culture Clash or Culture Club? The Identity and Attitudes of Immigrants in Britain Alan Manning and Sanchari Roy
April 2007
Paper No' CEPDP0790:
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JEL Classification: J61

Tags: immigration; identity; assimilation

CEP discussion paper
The Impact of Immigration on the Structure of Male Wages: Theory and Evidence from Britain Marco Manacorda, Alan Manning and Jonathan Wadsworth October 2006
Paper No' CEPDP0754:
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JEL Classification: J6

Tags: wages; wage inequality; immigration

CEP discussion paper
Agricultural Returns and Conflict: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Policy Intervention Programme in Rwanda Florence Kondylis December 2005
Paper No' CEPDP0709:
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JEL Classification: C4; O12; Q12; Q15; R15; R23

Tags: microeconomic cost of conflict; migrations; land redistribution; instrumental variable quantile regressions

CEP discussion paper
Immigrants at Retirement: Stay/Return or 'Va-et-Vient' Francois-Charles Wolff and Augustin de Coulon
May 2005
Paper No' CEPDP0691:
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JEL Classification: J26; O15; R23

Tags: return migration; retirement; family interactions

CEP election analysis
Immigration: The Evidence from Economic Research Jonathan Wadsworth
April 2005
Paper No' CEPEA005:
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Tags: immigration

CEP discussion paper
The Self Selection of Migrant Workers Revisited Eran Yashiv
October 2004
Paper No' CEPDP0655:
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JEL Classification: J3; J6; F2

Tags: self-selection; migrant workers; skill premia; migration premium; unobservable skills; non-hierarchical sorting; wage inequality.

CEP discussion paper
Is the Medical Brain Drain Beneficial? Evidence from Overseas Doctors in the UK Simon Commander, Mari Kangasniemi and L. Alan Winters February 2004
Paper No' CEPDP0618:
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JEL Classification: F22; J44; J61

Tags: brain drain; international labour market; professional labour markets; doctors; physicians; international migration

CEP discussion paper
Self-Selection and the Performance of Return Migrants: the Source Country Perspective. Matloob Piracha and Augustin de Coulon July 2003
Paper No' CEPDP0576:
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JEL Classification: F22;J61

Tags: migration; self-selection; albania

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