This paper assesses the consequences of EU enlargement for East West migration. In the theoretical part, we identify … increased current migration. Additionally, casual evidence from the 1980s EU South enlargement is examined. Since then no … several factors in addition to the reduction of moving costs by which EU membership influences migration. Specifically, EU …

This paper assesses the consequences of EU enlargement for East West migration. It is argued that expectations on … refused, fear of future restrictions on immigration will lead to increased current migration. Moreover, EU accession is likely …-West migration flows …

This paper assesses the consequences of EU enlargement for East West migration. It is argued that expectations on … refused, fear of future restrictions on immigration will lead to increased current migration. Moreover, EU accession is likely …-West migration flows …

Does migration facilitate regional adjustment to idiosyncratic shocks in transition economies; If so, one should find a … strong relationship between regional unemployment and average wages on the one hand, and migration flows on the other. Yet …, the evidence from transition economies indicates that the efficacy of migration in reducing inter-regional unemployment …

Does migration facilitate regional adjustment to idiosyncratic shocks? The evidence from post-communist economies … indicates that the efficacy of migration in reducing interregional unemployment and wage differentials is low. High wages appear … to encourage and high unemployment tends to discourage overall migration, inbound and outbound, rather than induce a net …

For decades, countries aspiring to join the European Union (EU) have been linked to it through migration. Yet little is … known about how migration affects individual support for joining the EU in prospective member states. We explore the … relationship between migration and support for EU accession in the Western Balkans. Using data from the Gallup Balkan Monitor …

), labour demand and migration patterns. The adoption of new technologies might change the demand for labour in various ways … labour demand function. This is followed by an analysis of push and pull factors of bilateral migration that focuses on the …

There is a fear that if Turkey were given admission to the EU massive migration to the other member countries of the EU … would result. This paper develops a theoretical framework for the migration decision that takes into consideration the … impact on uncertainty of some of the important economic and social variables that are addressed by the EU membership and …

? Combining industry-level patenting and migration data from 32 European countries, we show that emigration in fact positively … contributes to innovation in source countries. We use changes in the labour mobility legislation within Europe as exogenous …

result of the eastern enlargement. The experience of migration from Greece, Portugal and Spain is used to estimate the … the future. It was found that potential migration flows from central and eastern Europe will be modest. Moreover, legal …This paper estimates the potential migration from eight EU accession countries as well as Bulgaria and Romania as a …