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Migration policy and skills policy: substitutes or complements?

Published 11 May 2012 / By Jonathan Portes

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There is a very significant tension at the heart of UK immigration policy. Basic economic intuition, as well as considerable empirical evidence, suggests that skilled immigrants will benefit the economy. In many innovation-intensive sectors, cross-border flows of people - and hence of ideas and knowledge - make important contributions to innovation.

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