concentration on social integration. The exogenous placement of immigrants “switches off” observable and unobservable differences in …-ethnics increases migrants’ interaction cost with natives and thus reduces the likelihood of integration. …

This article analyzes the consequences of integration in public education. I show that the flight from the integrated … among more affluent parents whose children flee. In contrast, among less prosperous parents, integration in public education … rich, who can resort to private education. I also analyze the overall society-wide effect of the integration policy and …

-West border; political integration is not rapidly followed by economic integration. Instead, we estimate that it takes at least …

The paper deals with the effects of migration resulting from EU Eastern enlargement on the welfare states of Western … Europe. Although migration is good in principle, as it yields gains from trade and specialization for all countries involved … flexible, the introduction of delayed integration of working migrants and the home country principle for non-working migrants …

Migration of young workers (as distinct from retirees), even when driven in by the generosity of the welfare state …, slows down the trend of increasing dependency ratio. But, even though low-skill migration improves the dependency ratio, it … estimate the fiscal burden that low-skill migration imposes on the fiscal system. However, an important message of this paper …

This paper investigates empirically the role of taxes on labor for the stock of expatriates and the migration flows of … to see to what extent labour income taxes and social security contributions determine migration flows. We collect data on … tax variables to estimate their effect on bilateral stocks of expatriates into OECD countries and the migration of skilled …

different destination countries. Focusing on migration between the four countries in our data set, we find that migration within …

Turkey triggered by EU-membership; and (iii) migration in response to the free movement of workers. Overall, the …