Central and East European Migrants' Contributions to Social Protection [electronic resource] /
Maatsch, S.author.
In 2001 Germany and Austria became the last EU states to lift transnational controls restricting access to their labour markets for citizens of ex-communist countries. This book challenges anti-immigration discourses to show that given the high percentage of skilled immigrants, it is the sending rather than the receiving countries who lose out.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Fears of East-West migration in the old member states prior to the enlargements; East-West migration flows between 2001 and 2010; Six years after the first enlargement: no discernible impact on social security in Western Europe; Resolving the puzzle; Structure of the book; 1 Who Migrates? Theory, Lessons from the Past, and Latest Data; The microeconomic theory of migration; Immigration into welfare states: the Borjas model
Positive self-selection: the human capital model and the brain drainConclusions from the microeconomic theory of migration: context matters; Lessons from the past: patterns of migration in Europe until the late 1980s; Mass migration to Western Europe; Migration patterns in Central and Eastern Europe; The 'new' migration: East-West movements since the late 1980s; East-West migration prior to 2004; Acceleration of migration after the 2004 enlargement; Explaining migration: the contribution and the limits of economic theory
2 Are Welfare States Endangered by Migration? The Perspective of Economic TheoryEconomic rationales for redistribution; Pigouvian welfare economics; Redistribution as a public good; Median voter; The impact of migration; Mobile recipients; Mobile tax base; Majority vote with continua of individuals; Studies of the net fiscal impact of immigrants; Summary of findings in the literature; 3 A Model of EU Eastward Enlargement; Distribution of human capital and tax-setting in autarky; The impact of migration on human capital distributions; Impact of migration in the sending country
Impact of migration in the destination countryTax-setting and migration policy; Benchmark case: constraining minimum human capital requirements; Non-constraining barriers to migration; Proscription of migration barriers; Low wages for migrants; Impact of wage gap on migration incentives; Optimal immigration with wage gap in the destination country; Conclusion: redistribution in 'East' prone to be most affected; 4 EU Social Legislation and National Social Policies; General principles and provisions; Freedom of movement; Entitlement to social benefits
Regulations concerning the Eastern enlargementFree movement for CEE-10 citizens during the pre-accession phase; Transitional period for the freedom of movement of persons; Scope of the authorised derogations from the TEC regarding the free movement of persons; Overview of redistributive elements in national social policies; Redistributive elements in social security systems; Comparison of the EU member states' social policies; Social policies in the European Union: diversity prevails; 5 Latest data: What Do We Know about the 'New Migration'?
Total number of migrants by countries of origin and destination
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In 2001 Germany and Austria became the last EU states to lift transnational controls restricting access to their labour markets for citizens of ex-communist countries. This book challenges anti-immigration discourses to show that given the high percentage of skilled immigrants, it is the sending rather than the receiving countries who lose out.
Regional economics.
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Macroeconomics.
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International Economics.
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