Delivering the 2026 Marshall Paley Lecture, Alan Manning examines why immigration policy is hard and why we make such a mess of it.

This year's Marshall Paley lecture is kindly sponsored by the School of Economics, University of Bristol.

Join us for the 2026 Marshall Paley Lecture which will be delivered by Alan Manning. This lecture is based on the newly published book, Why Immigration Policy Is Hard. In this lecture Professor Manning examines why immigration policy is hard and why we make such a mess of it. This session will be hosted by Toman Barsbai (University of Bristol).

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Alan Manning is Professor of Economics at LSE and is director of the Centre for Economic Performance's labour programme. From 2009-2012 he was Head of the Economics Department at LSE; from 2004 to 2011 he was a member of the NHS Pay Review Body and from 2016-2020 the Chair of the Migration Advisory Committee.

Toman Barsbai is a Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol. His research focuses on the causes and consequences of international migration, with a particular emphasis on migrants and their countries of origin. His research has informed migration policies in the Philippines, and he is currently evaluating the use of income share agreements for international educational migration

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