We study how the EU enlargement in 2004 and the Great Recession in the late 2000s have shaped the scale and composition … Germans became narrower over time.Almost 10 years after EU enlargement, we re-assess the transitional arrangements, and argue … to study how effective migration within the EU is as an adjustment mechanism. Our data clearly show an increase in …

The eastern enlargements of the European Union (EU) and the extension of the free movement of workers to the new member … states' citizens, the need for adjustment became ever more important during the Great Recession, which affected EU member … states unevenly.This chapter studies whether and how east-west migration flows in an enlarged EU responded to institutional …