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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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...

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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...

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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...

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