Thursday, June 9, 2011

Too Many People in Britain? Immigration and the Housing Problem - LSE lecture 21st June 2011


Centre for Economic Performance 21st Birthday lecture series

Date: Tuesday 21 June 2011 
Time: 6.30-8pm 
Venue:  Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Stephen Nickell

This lecture will look at immigration and its economic effects including the contribution to population growth. Why does housing not keep up with population growth? More generally, why do we find it so hard to house our population decently?
Stephen Nickell is warden of Nuffield College, Oxford and a member of the Budget Responsibility Committee at the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #lseimmigration
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