The free movement of people and of workers (intra EU mobility) is one of the corner-stones of the EU. It has … overwhelmingly benefitted the citizens of the EU member states both in the countries of work and in the countries of origin. Earlier … and large refuted. At the same time, EU mobility policies still need a significant deepening and upgrading, to deal with …

A sustainable EU Immigration Policy aims to contribute to a vibrant European society through more effectively and … selectively managed immigration from outside the EU, more attention to integration of immigrants, more rooting out of … have settled. Immigration from outside the EU is often opposed, mainly because of sluggish integration combined with …

responding to changing labor shortages across countries, skill-groups or industries. The diversity across EU member states … enables us to test this hypothesis across various institutional, economic and policy contexts. Drawing on the EU LFS and EU … shortages exceeds that of natives in the EU15, in particular in member states with higher unemployment rates, higher levels of …

investigations on the effects of immigration from new EU member states and Eastern Partnership countries on the economies of old EU … EU member states on old member states’ GDP, GDP per capita, and employment rate and a negative effect on output per …-to-labor ratio. These results mark an economic success of the EU enlargements and EU’s free movement of workers. …