This paper assesses the consequences of EU enlargement for East West migration. In the theoretical part, we identify … several factors in addition to the reduction of moving costs by which EU membership influences migration. Specifically, EU … increased current migration. Additionally, casual evidence from the 1980s EU South enlargement is examined. Since then no …

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national … empirical results imply that for students with a migration background a key for catching up is the language spoken at home. We …

distribution within countries, on the determinants of remittances at a micro-level, or on the effects of migration and remittances …

foreigner is available for the job concerned (native privilege). In this paper we analyse the effects of international migration …

countries and 35 sectors for 1995-2009. We find South-North convergence of energy and labor intensities, an energy bias of … import-driven convergence and no robust difference between imports of intermediate and investment goods. Accordingly, trade …

-North convergence based on North-South technology diffusion through intermediate goods trade is guaranteed if the knowledge effect … dominates the productivity effect. Moreover, a larger Southern market expands the area of convergence and can prevent divergence … convergence is desirable for both, the South and the North. …