1/ Migration between UA and PL is often framed as a story of crisis, pressure, and displacement. But it is also a story about skills, talent, and long-term economic strategy. In the new episode of Policy Implications, I spoke with Ivanna Kyliushyk about exactly that.
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Yep. So I guess the interesting question is, what is the second most 90s song ever?
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I take a look at my life and realise there's nothing left.
@kcl-spe.bsky.social is hosting a Junior International Political Economy Researchers Workshop on 28 April and we have a great line-up of papers by early-career researchers. @adreher.bsky.social will also share expertise on publishing in the field. Register here: forms.office.com/e/q7rUFAVg21
#GrandCorruption , the grandest...
oh boy...
Looking forward to this online seminar on 9 April 👇👇👇
For those who don't speak "British", this means HMRC is 100% gonna be lenient.
I guess the SSRN increase is linked to how Elsevier started posting pre-prints on it. I think it started with the Lancet in 2021.
it is, no doubt!
I guess my questions for future research would be: Do we see migration differences across the skill/salary visa-threshold changes? Would the NHS not have plugged the nurse gap in the same way if not for new visa rules? How easier did it get for a UK employer to hire a non-EU migrant after 2021?
COVID impacted comparator countries, but they didn't get the Brexit x COVID mass outflow. I don't doubt the overal Brexit counterfactual numbers. I'm just not sure about the contribution of visa rules vs. outflow-generated demand factors.
Great stuff! I'm wondering how much of the non-EU increase is due to increased employer demand after COVID, rather than to "new rules". When COVID happened after Brexit, many migrants just went back home and never came back. Employers needed workers for the rebound and mostly non-EU applied.
Immigration was central both to the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign and to the political narratives that followed it. Yet the trajectory of migration to the UK since the referendum bears little resemblance to the expectations — or promises — articulated at the time. This paper provides an overview and interpretation of developments since 2016, focusing on three interrelated themes. First, it describes trends in migration flows and stocks, highlighting the sharp fall in EU migration, the compensating increase in non-EU migration, and the role of both policy and economic developments in driving these trends. Second, it examines the economic and labour market impacts of these changes over 201625. Third, it analyses the post-Brexit policy framework and, in particular, the Labour government’s approach since 2024. The paper concludes by reflecting on the implications for future UK migration policy and for the wider political economy of Brexit.
My new @iza.org/LISER paper
Control Without Credibility: Immigration to the UK Since the Brexit Referendum
docs.iza.org/dp18419.pdf
Or move all games to co-hosts Mexico and Canada.
#GrandCorruption in the US
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Thrilled to share our new paper!
A simple info app improved immigrant integration in Portugal AND transmitted democratic norms to Cape Verde with political spillovers strongest in areas with lower far-right support.
With the amazing @catiabatista.bsky.social, #LaraBohnet & @gazeaud.bsky.social
🆕 How new export opportunities created good jobs in Vietnam
Today on VoxDev, Brian McCaig (Wilfrid Laurier University), Nina Pavcnik (Dartmouth Economics) & Woan Foong Wong (University of Oregon) discuss the far-reaching effects of the US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement: https://ow.ly/YRZJ50Ymjw2
Nice!
Ever eating BBQ (Taino)? With "Heinz" ketchup? How about peanut butter (Aztec,Inca)?
To establish new trade links, movement of people is essential first step: Air Canada sees surging overseas corporate travel following U.S. trade tensions | Reuters share.google/DqFviwEaXvcy...
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This looks like a collage, with a background from 1930s Europe, and people with cellphones pasted on it... but it's real, the US today...
Let's see how good your football team would be without these immigrants.