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Title: | Labour market contributions of UK and foreign-born PhD holders: implications for visa, immigration and tax policy |
Authors: | Jelfs, P Holford, A Sartori, T |
Issue Date: | 1-Sep-2023 |
Publisher: | MiSoC (ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change) |
Citation: | Jelfs, P., Holford, A. and Sartori, T. (2023) 'Labour market contributions of UK and foreign-born PhD holders: implications for visa, immigration and tax policy', Colchester, UK: MiSoC (ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change), pp. 1 - 4. doi: 10.5526/misoc-2023-003. Available at: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/files/misoc/reports/explainers/Labour-market-contributions.pdf (accessed: 30 September 2025) |
Abstract: | UK and foreign-born PhD holders make distinct but complementary contributions to the labour market, though their specific impacts on visa, immigration, and tax policy are varied and require careful consideration. While foreign-born PhDs face unique challenges related to visa routes, their contributions are critical for filling skills gaps, and policies like the Graduate visa and Skilled Worker Route are designed to attract them. Policies such as the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) and "No Recourse to Public Funds" (NRPF) conditions directly affect foreign-born PhD holders financially, while tax policy at large aims to ensure both UK-born and foreign-born PhDs contribute to the economy through their earnings. |
Description: | About this analysis: This analysis was done as part of the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change (MiSoC), and Open Innovation Team’s joint Policy Fellowship, hosted at the University of Essex. The Open Innovation Team is a cross-government unit that works with experts to generate analysis and ideas for policy. The fellowship enables officials to access academic expertise in quantitative social science data and analysis to answer a defined policy question. Fellows receive guidance, mentorship and research assistance from worldleading quantitative social scientists based at MiSoC. Cite as: ‘Jelfs, P., Holford, A., Sartori, T., (2023), Labour market contributions of UK and foreign-born PhD holders: implications for visa, immigration and tax policy. MISOC Explainer. DOI: 10.5526/misoc-2023-003’. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/32078 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5526/misoc-2023-003 |
Other Identifiers: | MISOC Explainer. DOI: 10.5526/misoc-2023-003 MISOC Explainer. DOI: 10.5526/misoc-2023-003 ORCiD: Peter Jelfs https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0638-3677 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Economics and Finance Research Papers |
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