Barrell, Ray; Gerald, John Fitz; Riley, Rebecca - 2007
This paper considers the macroeconomic effects of the migration that followed the enlargement of the EU in May 2004. At … that time the EU was expanded to include 10 New Member States (NMS) predominantly from Central and Eastern Europe. In the … wake of accession the number of workers migrating to the EU-15 from the poorest of the NMS increased significantly. In part …