[PDF][PDF] The Growth Effects of EU Membership for the UK: a Review of the Evidence

N Crafts - University of Warwick CAGE Working Paper, 2016 - smf.co.uk
This paper reviews the literature on the implications of EU membership for the UK. It
concludes that membership has raised UK income levels appreciably and by much more …

Determinants of the wage share: a cross-country comparison using sectoral data

A Guschanski, Ö Onaran - 2016 - gala.gre.ac.uk
There has been a significant decline in the share of wages in GDP in both developed and
developing countries since the 1980s. This paper analyses the determinants of the wage …

The impact of migration on productivity and native-born workers' training

F Campo, G Forte, J Portes - 2018 - papers.ssrn.com
We investigate the relationship between migration and productivity in the UK, using an
instrumental variable along the lines suggested by Bianchi, Buonanno and Pinotti (2012) …

[PDF][PDF] Post-Brexit immigration policy: reconciling public perceptions with economic evidence

H Rolfe, K Ahlstrom-Vij, N Hudson, J Runge - 2018 - kclpure.kcl.ac.uk
Existing research shows consistently high levels of concern among people in the UK over
the scale of immigration and its impact on jobs, wages and services. At the same time, that …

It's all about the flex: preference, flexibility and power in the employment of EU migrants in low-skilled sectors

H Rolfe - Social Policy and Society, 2017 - cambridge.org
In the last ten years, EU migrants have come to play an important role in the UK labour force.
They have become increasingly present in low-skilled occupations, where the largest …

Insolvency of small civil engineering firms: Critical strategic factors

HA Alaka, LO Oyedele, HA Owolabi, M Bilal… - … of Professional Issues …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
Construction industry insolvency studies have failed to stem the industry's high insolvency
tide because many focus on big civil engineering firms (CEF) when over 90% of firms in the …

West European economic integration since 1950

N Crafts - Routledge Handbook of the Economics of European …, 2015 - api.taylorfrancis.com
At the end of the Second World War, it is unlikely that anybody envisaged the extent of
European economic integration over the next seventy years. The interwar period was …

Did Malta's accession to the EU raise its potential growth?: A focus on the foreign workforce

AG Grech - Journal of Economic Integration, 2017 - JSTOR
This paper evaluates the impact on Malta's potential output growth caused by increased
migration. Administrative data show that the proportion of foreign workers has risen from …

The long-term economic impact of reducing migration in the UK

K Lisenkova, M Mérette… - National Institute …, 2014 - cambridge.org
This paper uses an OLG-CGE model for the UK to illustrate the long-term effect of migration
on the economy. We use the current Conservative Party migration target to reduce net …

Understanding the macroeconomic impact of migration in Malta

AG Grech - 2015 - um.edu.mt
This paper tries to evaluate the macroeconomic impact of increased economic migration to
Malta. Administrative data show that the proportion of foreign workers has risen from 1.3% of …