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A sustainable immigration policy for the EU

Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Kahanec, Martin - 2017

A sustainable EU Immigration Policy aims to contribute to a vibrant European society through more effectively and … selectively managed immigration from outside the EU, more attention to integration of immigrants, more rooting out of … have settled. Immigration from outside the EU is often opposed, mainly because of sluggish integration combined with …

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Labour mobility and labour market adjustment in the EU

Arpaia, Alfonso; Kiss, Áron; Palvolgyi, Balazs; … - 2015

This paper assesses macroeconomic determinants of labour mobility and its role in the adjustment to asymmetric shocks. First, the paper develops stylised facts of mobility at the national and sub-national levels in the EU. Then, it explores the macroeconomic determinants of bilateral migration...

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European Union expansion and migration

Kahanec, Martin; Kureková, Lucia Mýtna - 2011

This paper concisely reviews what we know about the experience of an enlarging European Union with free movement of workers within its borders. We focus on the two most recent, Eastern, enlargement waves of 2004 and 2007. We first assess the actual migration flows following the enlargements...

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Costs and benefits of labour mobility between the EU and the eastern partnership countries : country study on Germany

Biavaschi, Costanza; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013

Despite the ongoing dialogue on facilitating mobility between the European Union and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, very little is known about the magnitude and characteristics of migrants from these countries. This study aims to fill this gap by studying the size and assimilation...

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"Tongue tide" : the economics of language offers important lessons for how Europe can best integrate migrants

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2016

This policy analysis discusses issues regarding the migration to Europe of large numbers of immigrants and refugees who, on arrival, do not know their host country's language. It reviews problems of economic integration into the labor market, the consequences of the formation of immigrant...

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The mobility challenge for growth and integration in Europe

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013

Open and flexible labor markets foster growth, development and integration in Europe. The single European labor market is still a vision, however, whereas the core challenge is a lack of sufficient mobility. The presentation discusses the value of labor mobility for economic prosperity and its...

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EU Mobility

Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Kahanec, Martin; Haas, Jasmina - 2017

The free movement of people and of workers (intra EU mobility) is one of the corner-stones of the EU. It has overwhelmingly benefitted the citizens of the EU member states both in the countries of work and in the countries of origin. Earlier apprehensions on crowding out of less educated workers...

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Promoting youth employment in Europe : evidence-based policy lessons

Eichhorst, Werner; Rinne, Ulf - 2016

promote youth employment in Europe. In conclusion, one should not be overly optimistic by expecting any short-term remedies …

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Immigrant key workers : their contribution to Europe's COVID-19 response

Fasani, Francesco; Mazza, Jacopo - 2020

This note describes the contribution of migrant workers to the ongoing effort to keep basic services running in the Union during the COVID-19 epidemic. We quantify the prevalence of migrant workers in the so called "key professions" that the Commission and Member States have identified using the...

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The European Youth Guarantee : A Preliminary Assessment and Broader Conceptual Implications

Eichhorst, Werner; Rinne, Ulf - 2017

This paper assesses the current situation of youth unemployment in the European Union. In this context, the main questions are whether the European Youth Guarantee has had any effects and how the school-to-work transitions of young individuals in Europe could be improved.

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