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Changing labour migration flows after Brexit: An analysis of UK survey and administrative data

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  • Alessandro Cusimano
  • Chiara Paola Donegani
  • Stephen McKay

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Following ‘Brexit’, the UK leaving the EU, we analyse the effects of changes in the legal framework on EU residents and compare them with UK citizens, employing a difference-in-differences framework. The research focuses on several dependent variables, including labour supply and wages, self-employment rates, and changes in industry, using the Annual Population Survey (APS) data 2012−2022 in the UK (itself based on the Labour Force Survey (LFS)), National Insurance Number registrations, and visas issued. The evidence from our analysis on EU post-Brexit migration towards the UK, together with the observed overall increase in rates of (non-EU) net migration, shows rebalancing between EU and non-EU groups. Effects are strongest at the lower-skilled end of the labour market. However, wages for UK natives and EU migrants did not change with respect to each other, controlling for occupation, industry, and other factors.

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  • Alessandro Cusimano & Chiara Paola Donegani & Stephen McKay, 2025. "Changing labour migration flows after Brexit: An analysis of UK survey and administrative data," European Journal of Industrial Relations, , vol. 31(1), pages 53-74, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:eurjou:v:31:y:2025:i:1:p:53-74
    DOI: 10.1177/09596801241268291
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