This dissertation was prepared by Jasmin Gröschl and is a collection of five self-contained empirical essays. They aim at contributing to the understanding of non-standard determinants of trade and migration: historical and cultural characteristics in the United States (Chapter 1),...

This report provides an overview of the ways in which EU and EEA Member States regulate the immigration of third-country nationals who enter their territory for the purpose of work. Its focus is on short-term migrant workers and it presents the result of an extensive mapping exercise carried out...

Labor migration from Eastern Europe and the member countries of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to the Western countries became an important socio-economic issue. Since political systems and the nature of border management in these regions, migrations turned out to be a very complex and...

Remittances in Moldova reach 36% of GDP, hence they constitute an essential part of the Moldovan economy. The most visible characteristic of remittances is their unequal distribution. The analysis applying the standard Lorenz Curve proves that 75% receiving households gets only 25% of total...

Ausländer sind von Arbeitslosigkeit besonders betroffen. Über alle Altersgruppen hinweg war ihre Arbeitslosenquote mit 13,4 Prozent drei Mal so hoch wie jene der Inländer (4,6 Prozent). Dies stellt die Statistik Austria bei der Auswertung des Mikrozensus 2006 fest. Man kann davon ausgehen,...

Aufenthaltstitel zur Arbeitsplatzsuche können nicht nur Fachkräften den Zuzug zur Stellensuche ermöglichen, sondern bilden auch Brücken für den Übergang zwischen Ausbildungsende und Berufseinstieg sowie Phasen der Arbeitslosigkeit von Erwerbsmigranten. Dabei ist für die...

This report provides an overview of the ways in which EU and EEA Member States have regulated their social security frameworks in relation to short-term thirdcountry national (TCN) migrant workers. It presents the result of an extensive mapping exercise carried out in 24 EU Member States, as...