The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...

Als letzter Redner im Sommersemester 2003 referierte Prof. Dr. Wernhard Möschel, Universität Tübingen, am 7. Juli im »Münchner Seminar« am ifo Institut zum Thema Tarifautonomie und Lohnfindung. Insbesondere zeigte er Möglichkeiten auf, im gegebenen rechtlichen Rahmen dem...

The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...

Using a large new data set, we analyse the labour market performance of Portuguese workers in Germany. While previous work compares wages and characteristics of migrants only to those of natives, we match the data also with an equivalent survey from the sending country. We find that Portuguese...

Als letzter Redner im Sommersemester 2003 referierte Prof. Dr. Wernhard Möschel, Universität Tübingen, am 7. Juli im »Münchner Seminar« am ifo Institut zum Thema Tarifautonomie und Lohnfindung. Insbesondere zeigte er Möglichkeiten auf, im gegebenen rechtlichen Rahmen dem...

Based on the current European discussion about immigration policy, this paper gives an overview of central economic consequences of immigration for a host country?s labor market. The most important theoretical arguments are presented and evaluated against the available empirical evidence. The...

Based on the current European discussion about immigration policy, this paper gives an overview of central economic consequences of immigration for a host country's labor market. The most important theoretical arguments are presented and evaluated against the available empirical evidence. The...

Based on the current European discussion about immigration policy, this paper gives an overview of central economic consequences of immigration for a host country's labor market. The most important theoretical arguments are presented and evaluated against the available empirical evidence. The...