single-market-induced migration from new to present member countries. I first use an analytical model to derive a welfare …

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 …