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...

Ukraine is a migration-intensive country, with an estimated 1.5-2 million labour migrants (about 5% of the working-age population). Slightly over a half of these migrants travel for work to the EU. This study discusses the impact of this large pool of migrants on both the sending and receiving...

Labour migration does not appear to have the same magnitude and socio-economic importance in Belarus as in other EaP countries. It is one of the few post-socialist economies that have preserved the dominance of the state sector and built complicated systems of subsidisation and economic support...

This Report is one of the six studies in the first phase of the EU project on the "Costs and Benefits of Labour Mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Partner Countries". It aims at providing an informed view of the potential for increased migration flows and their consequences as a...

This Report is one of six studies in the first phase of the EU project on "Costs and Benefits of Labour Mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Partner Countries". It aims to provide an informed view on the potential for increased migration flows and their consequences as a result of...

The purpose of this study is to explore and assess the costs and benefits of labour migration in Armenia and the potential of migration for contributing to the country's development. We also examine how policy can be effectively formulated and implemented so that Armenia can get the most out of...