This paper studies the migration response of the youth from new EU member states to disparate conditions in an enlarged … duration. We find that migration intentions are high among those not married and among males with children, but both categories … are also overrepresented among people with only temporary as opposed to long-term or permanent migration plans. Whereas …

This paper studies the migration response of the youth from new EU member states to disparate conditions in an enlarged … duration. We find that migration intentions are high among those not married and among males with children, but both categories … are also overrepresented among people with only temporary as opposed to long-term or permanent migration plans. Whereas …

have with little doubt exceeded any pecuniary and non-pecuniary costs of migration. In conclusion, the freedom of movement …

have with little doubt exceeded any pecuniary and non-pecuniary costs of migration. In conclusion, the freedom of movement …

This paper updates and extends the Docquier-Marfouk data set on international migration byeducational attainment. We …

This paper examines whether family and community migration experience affect theprobability of high school graduation …

While global migration is increasing, internal EU migration flows have remained low. This paper contributes to a better … understanding of the determinants and scale of European migration. It surveys previous historical experiences and empirical findings … including the recent Eastern enlargements. The determinants of migration before and after the 2004 enlargement and in the EU15 …

migrants. This paper explores the issue of welfare migration across the 15 countries of the pre-enlargement Union and finds a … significant but small effect of the generosity of welfare on migration decisions. This effect, however, is still large enough to … distort the distribution of migration flows and, possibly, offset the potential benefits of migration as an inflow of mobile …

We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality, and investigate how … migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality in the origin communities. An important feature of our … model is that we take into account the impact of migration on the local (rural) labor market. Migration is shown to decrease …