Intra‐EU migration, public transfers and assimilation

Suari-Andreu, Eduard; Vliet, Olaf van

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“…Using the research infrastructure I developed for the study in Chapter 3 (the gravity model) and newly emerging data on BLAs (Chilton and Posner 2018;Chilton and Woda 2022), such research is achievable in the near future. In addition, while there is literature on the so-called welfaremagnet hypothesis (Borjas 1999;Razin and Wahba 2015;Agersnap, Jensen, and Kleven 2019), more should be known about the effects of domestic public policy -especially regarding labor market regulations and social policy -on the outcomes of migrants at destination (see, e.g., Edo and Rapoport 2019;Suari-Andreu and van Vliet 2023). As migration policy, labor market policy, and social policy overlap to large degrees (they all fall under public policy but are not separate), more research needs to be conducted to help prepare policies that address all three.…”

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Measurement, drivers, and consequences of international migration

Grohmann

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The aim of this dissertation is to enhance understanding of the measurement, drivers, and consequences of international migration from an economic perspective. To achieve this aim, the dissertation focuses on three objectives, which will be addressed in four distinct studies (read: chapters). These studies are conducted or are built on theory-based, empirical research using econometric and experimental methods.The first objective, relating to the measurement of migration, is to outline the advantages and disadvantages of different ways of measuring international migration flows. This objective is addressed in Chapter 2, which empirically evaluates the differences between various measures of migration used by economists and demographers.The second objective, relating to the drivers of migration, is to describe which factors explain the size and direction of international migration flows. This objective is addressed in Chapters 2 and 3, in which I quantify the influence that country-level factors have on migration.Although the analysis in Chapter 2 is primarily concerned with the performance of different migration measures, it nevertheless touches on "traditional" drivers of migration, such as migration networks, destination country income, and distance between countries. In contrast, Chapter 3 focuses exclusively on cultural similarity between countries as a facilitating factor of international migration.The third objective, relating to the consequences of migration, is to characterize the impact that migration or migration-related phenomena have on the economic outcomes of those affected. This objective is addressed in chapters 4 and 5, which highlight two separate aspects of migration outcomes. Chapter 4 investigates the effects of negative stereotypes and shows that young migrants are more susceptible to confirm negative stereotypes than non-migrants.Chapter 5 reviews the role of remittances on the economic development of origin countries.In addition to the above, this thesis showcases the broad methodological toolbox of migration economists. As economic migration research spreads over many related fields, e.g., development economics, labor economics, international economics, and economic demography, to name a few, researchers must make use of the methods in these fields and keep up with recent methodological developments. For example, Chapter 3 brings state-of-the-art practices from the trade gravity literature to migration, and the study in Chapter 4 uses, in an innovative way, a so-called information provision experiment to study the role of negative stereotypes.Before describing the contents of this thesis in more detail (Section 4), the following provides background information on current migration trends as well as the standard theory of 8 So, over time, more and more elements of the original Sjaastad model have been refined and endogenized (e.g., Bodvarsson, Simpson, and Sparber 2015). Notable additions are the Roy-Borjas selection model, credit and poverty constraints, endogenous wages, human capital ac...

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The political effects of intra-EU migration: Evidence from national and European elections in seven countries

Toshkov

2024

European Union Politics

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This article studies the impact of immigration from Central and Eastern Europe on support for Eurosceptic parties. The analysis covers 30 national and European Parliament elections in seven Western, Northern and Southern European countries (2004 to 2019). For each election, I analyse how the local-level share of the vote for right- and left-wing Eurosceptic parties varies as a function of the levels and changes in the local-level share of Central and Eastern European immigrants from the population, controlling for the influence of relevant demographic, social and economic variables. I find that higher levels of immigration from Central and Eastern Europe are systematically related to higher voting shares cast for right-wing Eurosceptic parties at the local level in all of these countries, net of the influence of non-Western immigration, in elections for the European Parliament and in national elections as well. The effects on left-wing Euroscepticism are heterogeneous: positive in the Netherlands, Austria and Portugal, but negative in Italy, Denmark and Sweden. The effects have not diminished significantly over the past 15 years and are most visible in mid-sized localities.

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Decomposing the net fiscal position of migrants in Europe

Boffi,

Suari-Andreu,

Vliet

2024

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In this study, we are the first to employ the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition to analyse the difference between the net fiscal positions of migrants and native-born individuals in 15 EU countries from 2007 to 2018. We combine EU-SILC cross-sectional data on individual background characteristics, personal income, and welfare benefits with OECD information on personal income taxes and social security contributions. Our findings reveal crucial determinants of the direct fiscal gap between migrants and natives. To varying degrees, age, education, and country effects are the largest contributors to the observed differential between the net fiscal positions of natives (more negative) and migrants (more positive). We observe important differences between intra-EU and extra-EU migrants. More specifically, education has a significant positive effect on the net fiscal position of intra-EU migrants, while it is nearly irrelevant for extra-EU migrants. By shedding light on the factors explaining differences in the net fiscal impact, our study offers valuable insights for policymakers aiming to design interventions to foster inclusivity and reduce inequality between migrants and natives in Europe.

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Intra‐EU migration, public transfers and assimilation

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Measurement, drivers, and consequences of international migration

Measurement, drivers, and consequences of international migration

The political effects of intra-EU migration: Evidence from national and European elections in seven countries

Decomposing the net fiscal position of migrants in Europe

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