Post-enlargement emigration and new EU members' labor markets

The recent EU enlargements into Central and Eastern Europe and increased labor mobility within the Union provide a unique opportunity to evaluate the labor market effects of emigration. Outmigration has contributed to higher wages for stayers, as well as to lower unemployment in the source country. However, emigration has also exacerbated skills shortages in some sectors, as well as mismatches between skills and jobs.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Zaiceva, Anzelika
Published in:	IZA World of Labor. - Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), ISSN 2054-9571. - 2014
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	outmigration \| emigration \| labor market \| EU enlargement \| labor mobility \| transition economies

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.15185/izawol.40 [DOI] 846677695 [GVK] hdl:10419/125272 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izawol:journl:y:2014:n:40 [RePEc]
Classification:	F22 - International Migration ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; P2 - Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies
Source:	EconStor

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