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Immigration and wages

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Paul Evans

In a 2017 post, Chris gives a very good tour of economic orthodoxy’s view on the question “does immigration depress wages?” (TLDR: Chris says no)

This entry was posted in Economics, Employment, EU & Brexit, Low pay, Migration & working abroad, Wages and Pay-rates and tagged Immigration. Bookmark the permalink.
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