Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: National Institute Economic Review 194 (2005) 1, pp. 94-105
benefit from a substantive immigration policy that imposes selection criteria that are more in line with economic needs, the … substantial immigration into the European Union follows largely non-economic motives. This paper discusses the economic rationale … of a selective immigration policy and provides empirical evidence about the adverse effects of current selection …