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Unemployment benefits and immigration: Evidence from the EU
Giulietti, Corrado; Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin; … - 2011
The paper studies the impact of unemployment benefits on immigration. A sample of 19 European countries observed over … immigration flows from EU and non-EU origins. While OLS estimates reveal the existence of a moderate correlation for non … zero causal impact of UBS on immigration. All estimates for immigrants from EU origins indicate that flows within the EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286857
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EU enlargement under continued mobility restrictions: consequences for the German labor market
Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
underline the importance of more open immigration policies targeting high-skilled immigrants. The current policy not only cannot …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271227
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European Labour Mobility : Challenges and Potentials
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2004
of an immobile labour force and the eurosklerosis phenomenon. In such a situation, an economically motivated immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262152
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Migration in an enlarged EU: a challenging solution?
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
but changed the composition of the immigrants, (iii) any negative effects in the labour market on wages or employment are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268969
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Lessons from migration after EU enlargement
Kahanec, Martin; Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269025
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Labor mobility and the integration of European labor markets
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
This paper outlines the importance of labor mobility for the improvement in allocating and distributing economic resources. We are faced with an increasing lack of skilled workers and a growing tendency of unemployment amongst the low-skilled. A central political objective for the future will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269200
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Labor mobility in an enlarged European Union
Kahanec, Martin - 2012
The 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the EU extended the freedom of movement to workers from the twelve new member states mainly from Central Eastern Europe. This study summarizes and comparatively evaluates what we know about mobility in an enlarged Europe to date. The pre-enlargement fears of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282283
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Returning home at times of trouble? Return migration of EU enlargement migrants during the crisis
Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2012
The eastern enlargements of the EU in 2004 and 2007 have stimulated the mobility of workers from the new EU8 and EU2 countries. A significant proportion of these migrants stayed abroad only temporarily, and the Great recession may have triggered return intentions. However, a return may be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291457
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Labor market outcomes of immigrants and non-citizens in the EU: an East-West comparison
Kahanec, Martin; Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2008
The starkly different histories and institutions in the eastern and western member states of the European Union (EU) suggest different roles of being non-native in these two regions. In this paper we study the roles of foreign origin and citizenship in the comparative East-West perspective. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268586