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Dustmann, Christian - 2012

This paper first presents a brief historical overview of immigration in Europe. We then provide (and distinguishing between EU and non-EU immigrants) a comprehensive analysis of the skill structures of immigrants and their labor market integration in the different European countries, their...

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Pitfalls of Immigrant Inclusion into the European Welfare State

Kahanec, Martin - 2012

This paper's main purpose is to gauge immigrants' demand for social assistance and services and identify the key barriers to social and labor market inclusion of immigrants in the European Union. The data from an online primary survey of experts from organizations working on immigrant...

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Attitudes Towards Immigrants, Other Integration Barriers, and Their Veracity

Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2021

The paper studies opinions and attitudes towards immigrants and minorities and their interactions with other barriers to minorities' economic integration. Specifically, we consider the minority experts' own perceptions about these issues, the veracities and repercussions of unfavorable attitudes...

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High-Skilled Immigration Policy in Europe

Kahanec, Martin - 2011

Whether Europe will be able to stand up to its internal and external challenges crucially depends on its ability to manage its internal mobility and inflows of international migrants. Using a unique expert opinion survey, we document that Europe needs skilled migrants, and skill mismatch is to...

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Unemployment Benefits and Immigration : Evidence from the EU

Giulietti, Corrado - 2011

are not related to unemployment benefit generosity. This suggests that the so-called "welfare migration" debate is …

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Labor Mobility in an Enlarged European Union

Kahanec, Martin - 2012

fiscal burden. They have also profited from remittances. Of key importance for the sending countries is to reap the benefits … have with little doubt exceeded any pecuniary and non-pecuniary costs of migration. In conclusion, the freedom of movement …

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An Expert Stakeholder's View on European Integration Challenges

Constant, Amelie F. - 2014

The standard approach of analyzing gaps in social and labor market outcomes of different ethnic groups relies on analysis of statistical data about the affected groups. In this paper we go beyond this approach by measuring the views of expert stakeholders involved in minority integration. This...

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Migration in an Enlarged EU : A Challenging Solution?

Kahanec, Martin - 2009

. This essay provides a broad and in-depth account of the effects of the post-enlargement migration flows on the receiving as … 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 …

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How Immigration Grease is Affected by Economic, Institutional and Policy Contexts : Evidence from EU Labor Markets

Guzi, Martin - 2015

acquisition or family reunification. Whereas higher welfare expenditures seem to exert a lock-in effect, a comparison across …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016386

The Free Movement of Workers in an Enlarged European Union : Institutional Underpinnings of Economic Adjustment

Kahanec, Martin - 2014

states' citizens unleashed significant east-west migration flows in a labor market with more than half a billion people … states unevenly.This chapter studies whether and how east-west migration flows in an enlarged EU responded to institutional … and economic factors. We first develop a simple framework of adjustment through migration of workers between labor markets …

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