Globalization is not only about the rise of trade, FDI, and migration. It is also about the changing linkages among …

While global migration is increasing, internal EU migration flows have remained low. This paper contributes to a better … understanding of the determinants and scale of European migration. It surveys previous historical experiences and empirical findings … including the recent Eastern enlargements. The determinants of migration before and after the 2004 enlargement and in the EU15 …

migrants. This paper explores the issue of welfare migration across the 15 countries of the pre-enlargement Union and finds a … significant but small effect of the generosity of welfare on migration decisions. This effect, however, is still large enough to … distort the distribution of migration flows and, possibly, offset the potential benefits of migration as an inflow of mobile …

Deutschland zu einem Großteil historisch bedingt ist und angesichts einer sich fundamental ändernden Immigrationspolitik nicht auf …

We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality, and investigate how … migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality in the origin communities. An important feature of our … model is that we take into account the impact of migration on the local (rural) labor market. Migration is shown to decrease …

The migration of skilled individuals from developing countries has typically been considered to be costly for the … migration. It argues that the sectoral aspects of migration and screening of migrants in the receiving country are of major …, duration of migration and the effect of diaspora populations, should be addressed in future empirical work on skilled migration. …

International migration of people is a momentous and complex phenomenon. Research on its causes and consequences …, requires sufficient data. While some datasets are available, the nature of migration complicates their scientific use …. Virtually no existing dataset captures international migration trajectories. To alleviate these difficulties, we suggest: (i …