This paper summarizes the key findings of a recent study on the impact of Eastern Enlargement of the European Union (EU … affect labor markets in the EU, namely i) trade, ii) foreign direct investment, and iii) migration. A main conclusion of the … the long-run stock of immigrants from the CEECs-10 in the EU will increase from 0.85 in 1998 to a peak of 3.9 million …

that have been adopted to implement circular migration policies in the EU and their consequences for the rights of migrant … implementation of the EU’s circular migration approach that has developed through both EU and national instruments on the basis of … comparative case study analysis of Bulgaria and Poland’s migration law and policy. Furthermore, by applying legal empirical …

works: trade, investment, finance, migration and institutions. Using this framework, the analysis finds that EU membership …This chapter offers a framework to analyse the impact of EU membership on economic ("means"), institutional ("ways …") and social ("ends") convergence of EU11 countries to the frontier. It identifies the channels through which this impact …

The paper deals with the effects of migration resulting from EU eastern enlargement on the welfare states of Western … Europe. Although migration is good in principle, as it yields gains from trade and specialization for all countries involved … is a rational reaction of the state. The proposed new EU constitution, which contains far-reaching rules for a European …

This chapter reviews labour market developments pre- and post-EU Enlargement in the Central-Eastern and South … change had strong implications for labour demand and the demand for skills. Furthermore, migration flows and other … market developments pre- and post-EU membership, and develops scenarios into the future. This chapter also includes an …

occurred in the case of the Eastern Enlargement of the EU and has involved significant diversion of migration from more … migration, namely i) restricting access to welfare and ii) adopting an EU-wide migration policy …, based on a computable general equilibrium model, we evaluate whether migration to rigid labour markets a-la European …

% Croats, and Bulgarians lived in another EU country. The quantitative analysis shows that migration contributed positively to …This paper examines migration trends in the European Union since the enlargements of 2004-2007, which brought 100 … million citizens of eleven Central and Eastern European countries into the EU. We examine country- and regional-level data on …

EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market oriented immi-gration to Germany starting in May …