. Consistent with network theory, the social background of the Aussiedler group became more representative of the sending … the labor market performance of ethnic Germans, the outcome of network participation with respect to social absorption is …

The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004 …. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement …. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group among the EU8 immigrants: since enlargement, 63% of all immigrants and 71% of …

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 …

has been implemented on a sample of region-yearly data drawn from the EU Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU …

detected in the low-tech industries. From a policy point of view, this outcome is supporting the EU2020 strategy, but – taking …