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Moving matters: housing costs and labour market mobility [2019]

Examines the relationship between moving home, housing costs and labour market mobility. Indicates that all age groups are moving jobs less frequently than before but the fall for younger people is es...

Scotland's demographic challenge [2019]

Explores the implications of Scotland's ageing demographic structure for meeting future labour market demand. Describes the context for the study, highlighting the public policy challenges presented b...

Free movement, open borders and global gains from labor mobility (Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration discussion paper no 04/19) [2019]

Investigates the benefits of free movement of labour across the world looking at the extent and distribution of gains to be made by liberalising migration. Explores different economic models evaluatin...

Pick up the pace: the slowdown in educational attainment and its widespread effects [2019]

Discusses the state of educational attainment in the UK in the context of Brexit and the potential consequences of a reduction in migration from the EU to the UK. Looks at the rapid growth in educatio...

Managing migration after Brexit [2019]

Looks at the UK immigration system, covering both EU and non-EU migration, and considers how a new immigration system can be designed post-Brexit. Investigates the scale of the task facing the Governm...

International and EU students in higher education in the UK FAQs (House of Commons Library briefing paper no 7976) [2019]

Answers some questions about international and EU students in the UK. Includes statistics and outlines policy issues, including the potential impact of Brexit and the net migration target on internati...

Interregional migration of business owners: who moves and how does moving affect firm performance?, IN Regional Studies, Vol 53 No 4 2019, pp503-516 [2019]

Looks at migration patterns of business owners and the factors that influence their inclination to move. Explores the relationship between organisational performance and individual migration both befo...

UK immigration policy after leaving the EU: impacts on Scotland's economy, population and society [2019]

Investigates how the ending of free movement and future UK immigration policy will affect Scotland. Considers the proposals outlined in the UK Government’s White Paper, ‘The UK’s future skills-based i...

‘Fuller’ or ‘extended’ working lives? Critical perspectives on changing transitions from work to retirement, IN Ageing and Society, Vol 39 No 3 Mar 2019, pp629-650 [2019]

Considers the basis for the consensus that has emerged around extending working life (EWL) and some of the limitations of this perspective, focusing on issues relating to attitudes to retirement, demo...

Returns to work after retirement: a prospective study of unretirement in the United Kingdom, IN Ageing and Society, Vol 39 No 3 Mar 2019, pp439-464 [2019]

Uses data from the British Household Survey to examine unretirement, which is defined as reporting being retired and subsequently recommencing paid employment or beginning full-time work following par...