participation and creating worker shortages in high-demand industries. In this context, immigration will help reduce costs in key … inequality. Reforms should therefore modestly increase overall immigration over time, while shifting its composition somewhat …

occupations. They have impacted positively on the Irish economy in terms of GNP growth. This is because wages grew more slowing in … Ireland than would otherwise have been the case as a result of the labour supply increase brought about by this immigration … flow. -- EU enlargement ; EU new member states ; Ireland ; immigration …