In Europe, the competence for social security and the right to levy income tax lie with the country of employment in cross-border matters. This has two disadvantages. First, the Employment Principle distorts active persons' choice of place of work. Second, the employment-based regulation of...

While Switzerland's recent growth of employment was high in historical and international perspective, the reasons for this "job miracle" were not well understood. As the "miracle" was not anticipated by economic forecasters, it consequently resulted in systematic and persistent forecast errors....

We study the labor market impact of opening borders to low wage countries. The analysis exploits time and regional variation provided by the 2004 EU enlargement in combination with transport links to Sweden from the new member states. The results suggest an adverse impact on earnings of present...

Im Vereinigten Königreich lebten zum Jahresende 2014 rund 2,9 Millionen Staatsbürger aus der EU, davon 1,3 Millionen aus den neuen Mitgliedsstaaten. Mit 184.000 Personen entfiel 2015 rund die Hälfte des Wanderungssaldos des Vereinigten Königreichs auf Staatsbürger der EU. Ein vollständiger...