While economists were pointing out the advantages of the EU enlargement, politicians and policymakers were raising … grave concerns about the significant political and economic differences between the newcomer states (EU12) and the "old … Europe" of EU15. The major point of apprehension was related to the labor markets. Visceral fear rendered more than one in …

The 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the EU extended the freedom of movement to workers from the twelve new member states …. Rather, there appear to have been positive effects on EU's productivity. The sending countries face some risks of losing … from brain gain and brain circulation in an enlarged EU. For the migrants the benefits in terms of better career prospects …

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 percent of the EU15 population within a decade after enlargement …

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 …

The 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the European Union were unprecedented in a number of economic and policy aspects … 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 …

This paper investigates the labour market and welfare changes experienced by enlarged-EU migrants before and after 2007 … towards enlarged-EU citizens. Then we discuss the importance of inflows and stocks of enlarged-EU migrants in Spain, including … their socio-demographic, labour market and welfare use characteristics. We proceed to evaluate the impact of enlarged-EU …

The eastern enlargements of the European Union (EU) and the extension of the free movement of workers to the new member … states' citizens, the need for adjustment became ever more important during the Great Recession, which affected EU member … states unevenly.This chapter studies whether and how east-west migration flows in an enlarged EU responded to institutional …

, the aim of this paper is to analyze to what extent Romania's accession to the EU in 2007 has added new features to the … outcomes in the context of the EU second enlargement, covering the recent trends and characteristics, as well as the effects on … develop adjustment strategies in their destination countries. Romania's accession to the EU in 2007 did not generally change …

enlargement of the European Union in May 2004. The resulting large, rapid and concentrated migration inflow can be seen as a … in claimant unemployment in the UK between 2004 and 2006 …