This study evaluates potential migration flows to the European Union from its eastern neighbors and Croatia. We perform …-enlargement migration flows following the EU's 2004 enlargement. We consider two baseline policy scenarios, with and without accession of … sending countries to the EU. Our results show that migration flows are driven by migration costs and economic conditions, but …

acquisition or family reunification. Whereas higher welfare expenditures seem to exert a lock-in effect, a comparison across …

actual migration flows following the enlargements against the pre-enlargement expectations and perceptions. We then review … countries’ perspective the risks of out-migration lie in skill shortages in affected occupations or sectors as well as the …

Force Survey and conducting our own statistical analysis of selectivity into migration, we study whether and how migration … of migration flows in terms of the destinations, gender, age, educational attainment and occupation, reflecting changing …, migration propensity was higher among the unemployed and from the more depressed regions of Slovakia. We conclude that labor …