How Did EU Immigrants Affect Income and Wealth Inequality in the UK?

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Yonatan Berman

London Mathematical Laboratory

Tomaso Aste

University College London

Date Written: July 1, 2016

Abstract

We investigate the effect of immigration to the UK showing that immigration is responsible for less than 16% of the increase in UK income and wealth inequality over the last 25 years. The contribution from EU immigrants is less than 10%, and less than 5% comes from EU8 EU2 (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia).

Keywords: immigration, inequality, Brexit

JEL Classification: D63, J61

Suggested Citation

Berman, Yonatan and Aste, Tomaso, How Did EU Immigrants Affect Income and Wealth Inequality in the UK? (July 1, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2803317 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2803317

Yonatan Berman (Contact Author)

London Mathematical Laboratory ( email )

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Tomaso Aste

University College London ( email )

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London, WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

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