EU LABOR MARKETS AFTER POST-ENLARGMENT MIGRATION KAHANEC M. ZIMMERMANN K.F. EDITORS Księgarnia

Are immigrants from the new EU member states a threat to the Western welfare state?

Do they take jobs away from the natives? And will the source countries suffer from severe brain drain or demographic instability?

In a timely and unprecedented contribution, this book integrates what is known about post-enlargement migration and its effects on EU labor markets. Based on rigorous analysis and hard data, it makes a convincing case that there is no evidence that the post-enlargement labor migrants would on aggregate displace native workers or lower their wages, or that they would be more dependent on welfare. While brain drain may be a concern in the source countries, the anticipated brain circulation between EU member states may in fact help to solve their demographic and economic problems, and improve the allocative efficiency in the EU. The lesson is clear: free migration is a solution rather than a foe for labor market woes and cash-strapped social security systems in the EU.

Table of Contents

Pt. I EU Enlargement and the Labor Markets: What Do We Know?

1 Lessons from Migration after EU Enlargement Martin Kahanec Kahanec, Martin Anzelika Zaiceva Zaiceva, Anzelika Klaus F. Zimmermann Zimmermann, Klaus F. 3

2 Labor Mobility in the Enlarged EU: Who Wins, Who Loses? Timo Baas Baas, Timo Herbert Brucker Brucker, Herbert Andreas Hauptmann Hauptmann, Andreas 47

3 Post-Enlargement Migration and Public Perception in the European Union Marcel Canoy Canoy, Marcel Anna Horvath Horvath, Anna Agnes Hubert Hubert, Agnes Frederic Lerais Lerais, Frederic Myriam Sochacki Sochacki, Myriam 71

Pt. II The Impact of Migration on Destination Labor Markets

4 EU Enlargement under Continued Mobility Restrictions: Consequences for the German Labor Market Karl Brenke Brenke, Karl Mutlu Yuksel Yuksel, Mutlu Klaus F. Zimmermann Zimmermann, Klaus F. 111

5 The Experience of Spain with the Inflows of New Labor Migrants Sara de la Rica Rica, Sara de la 131

6 EU Enlargement and Ireland's Labor Market Alan Barrett Barrett, Alan 145

7 Post-Enlargement Migration and Labor Market Impact in Sweden Christer Gerdes Gerdes, Christer Eskil Wadensjo Wadensjo, Eskil 163

8 The Impact of the Recent Expansion of the EU on the UK Labor Market David G. Blanchflower Blanchflower, David G. Helen Lawton Lawton, Helen 181

Pt. III The Impact of Migration on Source Labor Markets

9 Impact of the Post-Accession Migration on the Polish Labor Market Pawel Kaczmarczyk Kaczmarczyk, Pawel Marla Mioduszewska Mioduszewska, Marla Anna Zyiicz Zyiicz, Anna 219

10 The Post-Enlargement Migration Experience in the Baltic Labor Markets Mihails Hazans Hazans, Mihails Kaia Philips Philips, Kaia 255

11 TheCase of Albania Zvezda Dermendzhieva Dermendzhieva, Zvezda Randall K. Filer Filer, Randall K. 305

Editors and Authors 335

Index 343

320 pages, Hardcover

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