Im Mai 2011 stellt Deutschland als eines der letzten EU-Länder gegenüber den acht im Jahre 2004 beigetretenen ost- und mitteleuropäischen EU-Ländern die volle Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit her. Es ist von hohem Interesse, welche Migrationswirkungen der damit verbundene Verlust von...

This paper studies the costs and benefits of the adoption of the policy of free movement for workers. For the countries to agree on uncontrolled movement of workers, the short run costs must be outweighed by the long term benefits that result from better labor market flexibility and income...

Intensified European integration, enlargement of the EU, and increasing migration activity worldwide have pushed migration and migration policy to the forefront of the European agenda. This paper identifies the salient questions to be addressed by any educated migration policy. It embeds this...