The impacts of choice in public services are controversial. We exploit a reform in the English National Health Service … benefits. We find increased demand responsiveness led to a significant reduction in mortality and an increase in patient …

Real wages and living standards have taken a hard hit in the UK in the recent past. Real wages of the typical (median …) UK worker have fallen by almost 10% since 2008 and median family incomes have significantly fallen for working age …

market. Perceptions do not seem to line up with the existing academic evidence. On balance, the evidence for the UK labour … still not, on average, materialised. It is hard to find evidence of much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on … average. Immigrants, especially in recent years, tend to be younger and better educated than the UK-born and less likely to be …

The researchers note that there have been historically unprecedented falls in UK real wages since the start of the … States in 2013 were at about the same level as in 1979) might be viewed as a warning sign for the UK. …

market. On balance, the evidence for the UK labour market suggests that fears about adverse consequences of rising … much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average. Immigrants, especially in recent years, tend to be younger and … better educated than the UK-born and less likely to be unemployed. Future migration trends will, as ever, depend on relative …