Does this suggest the tide is turning on immigration ?

Sampong

anqet wrote: »

No evidence?

anqet wrote: »

http://www.voxeu.org/article/fiscal-effects-a8-migration-uk
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-173-27-0208/outputs/read/168e9670-4f8d-45ad-a5cf-438b26ca39cf

Key point in the VOX report;

Thus, in our view, there is little reason to believe that, in the longer run, A8 immigrants who arrived between 2004 and 2008 will constitute a net burden to the welfare system

This is in relation to the impact on the welfare system - it's not an analysis of how immigration impacts the economy.

The EU commissioner in the article you lined to was claiming that open border immigration provides a benefit to the UK economy - which it doesn't.

anqet

Sampong wrote: »

Key point in the VOX report;

This is in relation to the impact on the welfare system - it's not an analysis of how immigration impacts the economy.

Quoting selectively, eh?


The fiscal impact of A8 immigration

The key results are that in each fiscal year since enlargement in 2004, A8 immigrants made a positive contribution to public finance (see Table 2). For instance, in the latest fiscal year, 2008-09, A8 immigrants paid 37% more in direct or indirect taxes than they received in public goods and services. This is even more remarkable because the UK has been running a budget deficit in recent years. In contrast, in 2008-09 UK-born individuals contributed to the Exchequer 20% less than they received in terms of public goods and services.
Table 2

Our paper shows that A8 immigrants receive, on average, lower wages than UK-born workers despite their better educational background, in particular immediately after entering the UK. Why are they nevertheless net contributors to public finances? The reason is that they have a higher labour force participation rate (increasing the number of fiscal contributors), are likely to pay (proportionately) more in indirect taxes like VAT, and – most importantly – make much lower use of benefits and public services. For instance, in 2008-09 A8 immigrants represented 0.91% of the total UK population, but contributed to 0.96% of total tax receipts and accounted for only 0.6% of total expenditures.

Sampong

Incidentally - Amy Rutland, the Labour activist discussed on this thread who was planted on QT to verbally abuse Diane James was somewhat humiliated in the Kent local elections;

https://democracy.kent.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=230&RPID=5184915

achieving only 14% of the vote. The UKIP candidate won with a whopping 47% of the vote.

What goes around comes around.