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Low-Skilled Employment in a New Immigration Regime: Challenges and Opportunities for Business Transitions

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  • Anne Green

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In an era of free movement UK employers have had ready access to a supply of labour from the European Union to fill low-skilled jobs. This has enabled them to adopt business models, operating within broader supply chains, that take advantage of this source of labour and the flexibility that many migrant workers – especially those who are new arrivals to the UK – are prepared to offer them. Drawing mainly on evidence from employers on the role of migrant workers in selected sectors with a substantial proportion of low-skilled jobs, this article explores the challenges and opportunities they face in transitioning to a new post-Brexit immigration regime.

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  • Anne Green, 2019. "Low-Skilled Employment in a New Immigration Regime: Challenges and Opportunities for Business Transitions," National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, vol. 248(1), pages 17-27, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:niesru:v:248:y:2019:i:1:p:r17-r27
    DOI: 10.1177/002795011924800110
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    Keywords

    business model; flexibility; immigration; migrant worker; low-skilled employment;
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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