JP
Jonathan Portes
@jdportes.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply
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OBR does *not* address question of *how many* migrants are "average", "low-paid" [<50% of average], "high-paid" [>130%], although both LFS and HMRC data (see our recent research) suggest there are more "high-paid" than "low-paid". migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...
Nor what a migrant is, it's a poor headline. The word migrant has generally been stolen to reflect one group, different colour, method of arrival, legality, faith, culture. Suggest it's use distorts. We have migrants from many backgrounds eu, US, Far East etc & need to widen perception to see that
JP
Jonathan Portes
@jdportes.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply
11k followers227 following473 posts