We study how the EU enlargement in 2004 and the Great Recession in the late 2000s have shaped the scale and composition … Germans became narrower over time.Almost 10 years after EU enlargement, we re-assess the transitional arrangements, and argue … to study how effective migration within the EU is as an adjustment mechanism. Our data clearly show an increase in …

approach. Using EU-SILC 2008 data and OECD Tax and Benefit data for six Eastern European countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic …

comparison to migrants from the new member states that joined the EU in 2004 (EUA8 countries). Migrants from the EaP countries …

-enlargement migration flows following the EU's 2004 enlargement. We consider two baseline policy scenarios, with and without accession of … sending countries to the EU. Our results show that migration flows are driven by migration costs and economic conditions, but …

countries when the EU enlarged in May 2004. Given the limited number of countries that opened up and the rapid pace of economic …. Based on census information, the number of EU10 nationals living in Ireland grew from around 10,000 in 2002 to 120,000 in … 2006. Data on inflows suggests that this number could have reached 200,000 by 2008 or 4.5 percent of the population. The EU …

(EU) after the 1995 enlargement. Our main finding is that the relationship between bureaucratic independence and judiciary … capacity seems to be the key engine of the process of state capacity building engendered by the prospect of EU membership. Deep …