Die Zuwanderung von Flüchtlingen wird in den nächsten Jahren die öffentlichen Haushalte erheblich belasten. Kostenschätzungen stehen dem Problem gegenüber, dass Prognosen der wesentlichen Einflussfaktoren mit großer Unsicherheit behaftet sind.

This report, by the co-chairs of the T20 process during Germany’s G20 Presidency, presents 20 key policy recommendations for G20 policy-makers and stakeholders. The policy recommendations are formulated concisely to be easily accessible to those seeking a short summary of the main conclusions....

Recent evidence suggests that regional economic integration provides an important stimulus not only to trade, but also to FDI. In contrast, the available theory on FDI does not yet provide empirically testable propositions on the effects of concurrent trade and investment liberalisation....

The new European Commission will inherit an impasse in efforts to reform the European asylum system as well as concerns about practices in the management of the EU's external border that contradict humanitarian standards and may even be illegal. While the number of asylum seekers who manage to...

The authors call on G20 leaders to extend more predictable and substantial support to lowand- middle-income countries that host refugees, in recognition of the global public good that these countries provide. Together with other high-income countries, G20 countries should fully cover the cost of...

We take stock of the Schengen Agreement that celebrated its 30th birthday on June 14th, 2015. We argue that the abolition of internal border controls in most European Union member states is rightly considered a blessing to EU citizens. Internally, the Agreement facilitates social and economic...

In diesem Kapitel wird untersucht, in welcher Weise reguläre und irreguläre Migration die Wohlfahrt beeinflusst. Nettowohlfahrtseffekte betreffen Migrant/innen, Herkunftsländer und Aufnahmeländer in unterschiedlichem Ausmaß und werden von den Merkmalen der Migrant/innen beeinflusst,...

The European Commission is currently finalizing its proposed New Pact on Migration and Asylum to re-start the debate on how to reform the common European asylum system and manage immigration from non-EU countries. One prominent concern is the 'external dimension': jointly managing migration to...