Professor Christian Dustmann, Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, UCL Global Governance Institute.

Professor Ian Preston, Professor of Economics, UCL Dept of Economics, Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences

Tuesday 23rd October 2018 #ucllhl

Bring your lunch and your curiosity! UCL Lunch Hour Lectures, most Tuesdays, Darwin Lecture Theatre, 1.10 - 1.55pm

What are the economic gains from free mobility of labor? Straightforward economic arguments point to the potential for large global output gains from movement of labor from less to more productive locations. Yet the politics of receiving countries seems resistant, characterized rather by efforts to limit migration, or to stop it altogether. In this lecture we examine what explains the obvious differences between what many economists agree upon, and the political reality. We discuss implications of liberalizing migration, paying attention not only to overall gains but also to how gains are distributed. We ask whether it is those distributional consequences or considerations beyond economics that motivate keenness to impose restrictions on migration.

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