The European labor market allows for the border-free mobility of workers across 31
countries that cover most of the continent's population. However, rates of migration across …

Existing theories of labour migration are inadequate explanations for variation in levels and
types of economic immigration across states. I argue that socio-economic regime variation …

We compare the labour market response to region-specific shocks in Europe and the United
States and to national shocks in Europe and investigate changes over time. We employ a …

With the fall of the Berlin Wall, ethnic Germans living in eastern Europe and the former
Soviet Union were given the opportunity to migrate to Germany. Within 15 years, 2.8 million …

Policy-makers in European countries typically complain about the low level of labour
mobility within Europe. At the same time they appear to be increasingly concerned about …

" This book brings together in-depth analyses of migration issues in major European
countries, and compares evidence with more countries that have traditionally seen the most …

Examining the new realities of economic immigration to Europe, this book focuses on new
trends and developments, including the rediscovery of economic migration, legalization …

The enlargement of the European Union provides a unique opportunity to study the impact
of the lifting of migration restrictions on the migrant sending countries. With EU enlargement …

In this paper we assess whether regional disparities in the euro area stimulate labour
mobility, using migration behaviour in US states as a benchmark. Large regional disparities …

Interstate migration has decreased steadily since the 1980s. We show that this trend is not
primarily related to demographic and socioeconomic factors, but instead appears to be …