Low-Skilled Employment in a New Immigration Regime: Challenges and Opportunities for Business Transitions

Anne Green

National Institute Economic Review, 2019, vol. 248, issue 1, R17-R27

Abstract: In an era of free movement UK employers have had ready access to a supply of labour from the European Union to fill low-skilled jobs. This has enabled them to adopt business models, operating within broader supply chains, that take advantage of this source of labour and the flexibility that many migrant workers – especially those who are new arrivals to the UK – are prepared to offer them. Drawing mainly on evidence from employers on the role of migrant workers in selected sectors with a substantial proportion of low-skilled jobs, this article explores the challenges and opportunities they face in transitioning to a new post-Brexit immigration regime.

Keywords: business model; flexibility; immigration; migrant worker; low-skilled employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 J68 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/002795011924800110

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