Does migration serve as an effective channel of regional adjustment to idiosyncratic shocks in transition economies? If … so, one should find a strong relationship between regional unemployment and average wages on the one hand, and migration … flows on the other. Yet, the evidence from transition economies indicates that the efficacy of migration in reducing inter …

This paper studies the migration response of the youth from new EU member states to disparate conditions in an enlarged … duration. We find that migration intentions are high among those not married and among males with children, but both categories … are also overrepresented among people with only temporary as opposed to long-term or permanent migration plans. Whereas …

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 …

? Combining industry-level patenting and migration data from 32 European countries, we show that emigration in fact positively …

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 …

have with little doubt exceeded any pecuniary and non-pecuniary costs of migration. In conclusion, the freedom of movement …

will arrive in Germany. Past experience with labor migration suggests that workers will move first and foremost to …

This paper considers the macroeconomic effects of the migration that followed the enlargement of the EU in May 2004. At … these migration flows across Europe, highlighting the impacts in both the receiving and sending countries. …