Zuwanderungspolitik und die Finanzierung der Sozialsysteme sind in Deutschland, wie auch in vielen anderen Staaten Gegenstand sozialpolitischer Auseinandersetzung gewesen. Beiden Themen werden aber meist getrennt voneinander diskutiert. Deswegen geht diese Arbeit der Frage nach, ob und wie durch...

The paper explores the economic implications of the possible Turkish accession to the European Union. It focuses on three main changes associated with Turkish membership: (i) accession to the internal European Market; (ii) institutional reforms in Turkey triggered by EU membership; and (iii)...

Migrants are among the groups most vulnerable to economic fluctuations. As predicted by the "welfare magnet" hypothesis, migrants can therefore be expected to - ceteris paribus - prefer countries with more generous welfare provisions to insure themselves against labour market risks. This paper...

This paper analyses openness to trade, migration and foreign direct investment (FDI) using panel data. The focus is on the relationship between 15 EU countries (EU 15) as destination countries, and 71 trading partner countries which send migrants and receive FDI outflows, where only those...

Since the 1980s, the theoretical and empirical literature on the motivations to remit has grown steadily. We review the microeconomic literature and show that the theoretical motivations to remit are overlapping while competing. We argue that in most cases this differentiation is unnecessary and...

For many years Western European cities have been influenced by the inflow of immigrants from all over the world, having different cultural, religious and linguistic background. Due to this process especially local authorities have been confronted with the need for managing peaceful and...

The paper analyses contemporary inflows of citizens of Ukraine to Poland in the context of socio-economic development of both countries. It consists of three chapters: the first portrays the general patterns and dynamics of Ukrainian migration to Poland including their presence in labour market...

The present paper introduces the methodology of a pilot study on emigrants carried out in the framework of the SEEMIG project in Hungary and Serbia during 2013. Besides presenting the study design, key methodological lessons are drawn and an evaluation of the design is provided based on research...

Although the self-selection of emigrants is determined by differences in the returns to education, according to the celebrated Roy model, empirical evidence suggests that migrants tend to be favorably selected. This paper argues that financial con- straints might be useful to explain this...

Projecting the religious composition of the population is relevant for several reasons. It is a key characteristic influencing several aspects of individual behaviour, including marriage and childbearing patterns. The religious composition is also a driver of social cohesion and increased...