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 eastern enlargements of the EU in 2004 and 2007 have stimulated the mobility of workers from the new EU8 and EU2 …, leading to a more efficient allocation of resources within the enlarged EU …

The Eastern enlargement of the EU was an institutional impetus to the migration potential in Europe. While the overall … numbers of migrants from the new member states in the EU15 increased between 2003 and 2007, this increase was distributed … unevenly among countries. The proportion of these migrants in the EU15 remains smaller than that of non-EU27 migrants. The …

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 …

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 …