%0 Report %A Nam, Hoseong %A Portes, Jonathan %T Migration and Productivity in the UK: An Analysis of Employee Payroll Data %D 2023 %8 2023 Sep %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 16472 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16472 %X We investigate the impact of immigration on productivity in the UK, using newly published ONS data on employees of non-UK origin by region and sector. Consistent with earlier research, we find some evidence of a positive association between non-EU migration and productivity, and some weaker evidence of a negative association between EU migration and productivity, although results are sensitive to the specifications used. %K migration %K productivity %K labour markets %K Brexit