or process and carry out an empirical analysis with a focus on Africa using firm-level data from the World Bank … and foster innovation. The probability of innovation as a result of short-term mobility is 0.4 higher in Africa overall … - especially in East Africa - vis-à-vis the rest of the world, and strongest in the case of innovation in products and services …

, and innovation in Africa. Using data from 34 African countries over the period 2011-2016 sourced from the World Bank …, and trade. Short-term labour mobility thus emerges in Africa, too, as a prospective policy lever to generate new …

While global migration is increasing, internal EU migration flows have remained low. This paper contributes to a better … including the recent Eastern enlargements. The determinants of migration before and after the 2004 enlargement and in the EU15 … and EU10 countries are analysed using individual data on migration intentions. In addition, perceptions about the size of …

analysis of the available literature and empirical evidence shows that (i) EU enlargement had a significant impact on migration … hard to detect, (iv) post-enlargement migration contributes to growth prospects of the EU, (v) these immigrants are … out the difficulties that restrictions on the free movement of workers bring about. -- Migration ; migration effects ; EU …

who have been trained in Europe could set a new course. -- Migration ; migration effects ; EU Eastern enlargement ; free …

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 among the EU8 immigrants: since enlargement, 63% of all immigrants and 71% of …

which all EU member states introduce free movement of workers simultaneously in 2011. The results suggest that the overall … level of migration from the East will amount to around 1 per cent of the EU15 population within a decade after enlargement …