Labor Mobility in the Enlarged EU: Who Wins, Who Loses?

Baas, Timo; Brücker, Herbert; Hauptmann, Andreas

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02242-5_2

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“…Baas, Brücker and Hauptmann, 2010;European Commission 2008: chapter 3;UK Home Office 2008), the majority of migrants were temporary, staying in the receiving countries from several months to several years. In most cases, migrants from the Baltic countries did not withdraw from population registers in their home countries.…”

Section: Intensity and Main Destinations Of The Post-enlargement Migrmentioning

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“…One approach (Baas, Brücker and Hauptmann, 2010;see also European Commission, 2008) is to look at the dynamics of stocks of NMS nationals in the receiving countries using LFS data. According to this methodology, during the four post-enlargement years (2004)(2005)(2006)(2007) Baas, Brücker and Hauptmann (2010) based on stock estimates and with countries' pre-accession income and unemployment levels (see Kahanec, Zaiceva and Zimmermann, 2010); however, flowbased ranking 'favors' Poland and Latvia and suggests that migration from these countries has been of more temporary nature on average than migration from Lithuania, Poland and the Slovak Republic. As far as the three Baltic countries are concerned, higher mobility by Lithuanians might have to do with a very low share of unemployed receiving benefits (Hazans 2007a: Figure 2) -on top of unemployment rate being initially higher by two points than in Estonia and Latvia.…”

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The Post-Enlargement Migration Experience in the Baltic Labor Markets

Hazans

Philips

2009

EU Labor Markets After Post-Enlargement Migration

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu [2002][2003][2004][2005][2006][2007] complemented with several other surveys to compare the profile of Baltic temporary workers abroad before and after EU accession with that of stayers and return migrants. Determinants of migration and return, as well as selection issues are discussed. Post-enlargement migrants from all three countries were significantly less educated than stayers. After accession, medium-educated workers were most likely to move, other things equal, and human capital became increasingly less pro-migration over time. Return migrants differ from all movers in many ways and, in particular, are more educated. Although brain drain was not a feature of post-accession Baltic migration, brain waste was: during 2006-2007, the proportion of overqualified among higheducated movers ranged from five out of ten for Latvia to seven out of ten for Lithuania, but it was around one fifth among high-educated stayers in all three countries. We find that the free movement of labor partially introduced in 2004 (and expanded in 2006) for EU citizens, although excluding Baltic non-citizens, brought about significant changes in how ethnicity and citizenship affect workers' mobility. We conclude by discussing migration perspectives in the context of recession. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SJEL Classification: J61, J15

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Section: Intensity and Main Destinations Of The Post-enlargement Migrmentioning

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Section: Intensity and Main Destinations Of The Post-enlargement Migrmentioning

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The Post-Enlargement Migration Experience in the Baltic Labor Markets

Hazans

Philips

2009

EU Labor Markets After Post-Enlargement Migration

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“…Similarly, relatively low welfare dependency was documented among post-accession immigrants, although there is some evidence that it grew as the migrants fulfilled the legal requirement of employment duration to qualify for such benefits (Kureková 2011). Some studies point at positive effects for growth in receiving countries (Baas et al 2010). These A most marked impact of the post-accession migration has revealed itself in the sending countries' labor markets.…”

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European Union: expansion and migration

Kureková¹

2013

The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu Terms of use: Documents in P O L I C Y P A P E R S E R I E S ABSTRACT European Union Expansion and MigrationThis paper concisely reviews what we know about the experience of an enlarging European Union with free movement of workers within its borders. We focus on the two most recent, Eastern, enlargement waves of 2004 and 2007. We first assess the actual migration flows following the enlargements against the pre-enlargement expectations and perceptions. We then review the effects of these flows on the labor markets of receiving as well as sending countries. We conclude that the available evidence does not indicate negative effects on the receiving countries' labor markets or welfare systems. From the sending countries' perspective the risks of out-migration lie in skill shortages in affected occupations or sectors as well as the potential (in)stability of their public finances, whereas the potential benefits may materialize through brain circulation. Overall, free mobility can be described as one of the key achievements, and success stories, of European integration.JEL Classification: F22, J61

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“…Migrants from the new member states were overwhelmingly successful in finding employment abroad, although they worked mostly in low-skilled occupations. This down-skilling carries a potential risk of losing one's qualifications (brain waste) and suggests that their human capital might not have been fully transferrable across borders [5], [6]. There also appears to be an additional indirect effect of emigration on increasing the incentives to invest in upgrading or acquiring new skills for those who stay and still have the option to emigrate.…”

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“…A study of migration scenarios of EU8 workers between 2004 and 2007 found a 0.2% increase in aggregate GDP for the EU (€24 billion) [6]. However, in the …”

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