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To Europe or Not to Europe? Migration and Public Support for Joining the European Union in the Western Balkans
Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2019
For decades, countries aspiring to join the European Union (EU) have been linked to it through migration. Yet little is known about how migration affects individual support for joining the EU in prospective member states. We explore the relationship between migration and support for EU accession...
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The Effect on Foreign Direct Investment of Membership in the European Union
Bruno, Randolph Luca - 2020
This paper explores the impact of EU membership on foreign direct investment (FDI). It analyses empirically how the effects of such deep integration differ from other forms and investigates what drives these effects. Using a structural gravity framework on annual bilateral FDI data for almost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012823325
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The Impact of Economic Integration on Employment - an Assessment in the Context of EU Enlargement
Fertig, Michael - 2021
This paper is motivated by the idea that the enlargement of the European Union is only one part of an overall process, known as economic integration, which characterizes the involvement of European economies into the global division of labor. Therefore, the paper aims at providing a quantitative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319659
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Expecting Brexit and UK Migration : Should I Go?
Di Iasio, Valentina; Wahba, Jackline - 2023
This paper examines the impact of the 2016 UK referendum and expecting Brexit on migration flows and net migration in … findings show that migration in the UK declined after the Brexit referendum, even before any policy change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014356273
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The Brexit Referendum and Three Types of Regret
Drinkwater, Stephen; Jennings, Colin - 2022
In this paper we examine three forms of regret in relation to the UKâ s hugely significant referendum on EU membership that was held in June 2016. These are, (i) whether leave voters at the referendum subsequently regretted their choice (in the light of the result), (ii) whether non-voters...
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The Impact of the Recent Expansion of the EU on the UK Labour Market
Blanchflower, David; Lawton, Helen - 2021
We examine the impact on the UK of the influx of workers from Eastern Europe. We look at the characteristics of the workers who have come to the UK since 2004. We also use data from a number of Eurobarometers 2004-2007 as well as the 2005 Work Orientation module International Social Survey...
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Mind the Gap : Net Incomes of Minimum Wage Workers in the EU and the US
Marx, Ive - 2012
This paper focuses on the role of minimum wages, tax and benefit policies in protecting workers against financial poverty, covering 21 European countries with a national minimum wage and three US States (New Jersey, Nebraska and Texas). It is shown that only for single persons and only in a...
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The Impact of Brexit on International Students' Return Intentions
Falkingham, Jane - 2019
This paper is the first attempt to study the causal impact of "Brexit", namely the UK's departure from the European … others. These findings carry important implications for post-Brexit UK and for other European countries with emerging calls …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894542
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Who Got the Brexit Blues? Using a Quasi-Experiment to Show the Effect of Brexit on Subjective Wellbeing in the UK
Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2017
wellbeing around the time of the June 2016 EU membership Referendum in the UK (Brexit). We find that those reporting a …. The initial positive subjective wellbeing effect of the Brexit vote was particularly pronounced for male and older … respondents who reported a preference for leaving the EU. However, adaptation to the Brexit result appears to be complete three …
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The Unemployment Impact of Product and Labour Market Regulation : Evidence from European Countries
Piton, Céline - 2018
This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labour market regulations on unemployment using data for 24 European countries over the period 1998-2013. Controlling for country-fixed effects, endogeneity and a large set of covariates, results show that product market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915739