out-of-sample forecasts to time series cross-sectional data about post-enlargement migration flows following the EU's 2004 … enlargement. We consider two baseline policy scenarios, with and without accession of sending countries to the EU. Our results …

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. …

-enlargement migration flows following the EU's 2004 enlargement. We consider two baseline policy scenarios, with and without accession of … sending countries to the EU. Our results show that migration flows are driven by migration costs and economic conditions, but …