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How Brexit impacts service jobs

The service sector accounts for the majority of the British economy, however, most of the Brexit debate has focused on trade of goods and tariffs. Interviewed at the CEPR’s June 2022 Paris Symposium, Beata Javorcik talks about her research on the impact of the 2016 Brexit referendum and consequent prospect of higher barriers to services exports on the UK job market.