About 1.4 million refugees and irregular migrants arrived in Europe in 2015 and 2016. We model how refugees and irregular migrants are self-selected. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on...

In March, the European Commission released its Europe 2020 strategy proposal, which strives for "smart, sustainable and inclusive growth" and greater policy coordination between the EU and national governments. While the document was greeted with scepticism in some quarters, others believe it...

Research to date on labour market responses to EU integration has tended to concentrate on the labour markets of the "old" EU members. But what effect has the integration of trade had on wages in the new member states? The following article attempts to answer this question using an empirical...