Labour migration in the European Union: The case of Central and Eastern Europe
This paper examines migration trends in the European Union since the enlargements of 2004-2007, which brought 100 million citizens of 11 Central and Eastern European countries into the EU. We examine country- and regional-level data on migration trends and show how European integration d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Faculty of Economics, Belgrade
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Ekonomski Anali |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0013-3264/2022/0013-32642233007S.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper examines migration trends in the European Union since the
enlargements of 2004-2007, which brought 100 million citizens of 11 Central
and Eastern European countries into the EU. We examine country- and
regional-level data on migration trends and show how European integration
depleted the labour force in the new member countries. Several of them have
lost 10% of their population since 2006, most of it via negative net
migration. In 2019, 18% of Romanians, 14% of Lithuanians, 13% of Croats, and
13% of Bulgarians lived in another EU country. The quantitative analysis
shows that migration contributed positively to regional convergence, as
every percentage point of net migration increased GDP per capita by roughly
0.01% and reduced unemployment by 0.1-0.2 percentage points. To disentangle
aggregate migration effects, further analysis will be needed to quantify its
impact on regions that lose their population via migration. |
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| ISSN: | 0013-3264 1820-7375 |