therefore have a systematic influence on election results. Using administrative migration and voting data, we show that counties … border and to airports to account for endogenous migration patterns. Results are robust to estimations using first …

European migration policies are characterised by a fundamental paradox: they are getting tighter and tighter just while …, based on a computable general equilibrium model, we evaluate whether migration to "rigid labour markets" a-la European … migration are, at a GDP gain of 0.2-0.3% at a migration of 1% of the labour force, but that natives in the receiving countries …

EU leaders are well aware of the relevance of migration in the European policy agenda. Thirty-two pages out of forty …-eight of the Presidency Conclusions at the November 2004 European Council were devoted to migration policies. Economic theory …-national bodies is envisaged in the Presidency Conclusions in the field of restrictions to legal migration. While Qualified Majority …

“migration competition” could be analysed. First, we analyse the scenario in which there are two regions: a receiving country and … resources, the level of integration between countries which consequently reduces the level of migration costs. Thus it is … intercept a significant quota of the flow of skilled migrants, either the effect of migration competition between the two …