holders in Europe (i.e. in EU Member States and the UK), but also by estimating their wage penalty relative to what they could …

This paper analyses the trade balance effects of Europe agreements (EA) between the EU-15 and four new EU members from …

countries when the EU enlarged in May 2004. Given the limited number of countries that opened up and the rapid pace of economic …. Based on census information, the number of EU10 nationals living in Ireland grew from around 10,000 in 2002 to 120,000 in … 2006. Data on inflows suggests that this number could have reached 200,000 by 2008 or 4.5 percent of the population. The EU …

Agreements (FTAs) on trade flows. In this paper we focus on FTAs (also called European agreements) between the European Union (EU … with the EU was signed exceeded trade growth of the control group of countries which did not become members …