UNU-MERIT Working Papers Series
Post-Enlargement Migration and the Great Recession in the E(M)U: Lessons and policy implications
Martin Kahanec & Klaus F. Zimmermann #2016-066This paper summarises key results from our research about
post-enlargement mobility in the EU. We clarify its scope, composition
and effects; labour market situation of mobile workers; the role of
labour mobility as a vehicle of economic stabilisation; as well as brain
circulation and return migration. We also outline a policy agenda for a
labour mobility model for a vibrant EU, enabling Europe to cope with
labour market imbalances and asymmetric economic shocks, and providing
for a more prosperous, cohesive and equal EU.
JEL codes: J15, J61, J68
Keywords: EU enlargement, free movement of workers, labour mobility, migration policy, business cycle, stabilisation
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