Dustmann, C. and Casanova, M. and Fertig, M. and Preston, I. and Schmidt, C.M. (2003) The impact of EU enlargement on migration flows. (Home Office Online Report 25/03 ). Research Development and Statistics Directorate, Home Office: London, UK.
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Abstract
This document is a report commissioned by the Home Office in order to assess the magnitude of potential migration flows to the UK after the enlargement of the European Union (EU). The countries which are expected to join the EU on 1 May 2004 are Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. The aim of the report is to provide extensive information that will be helpful in evaluating the migration potential from these countries to the UK. This is done by (i) describing the socio-economic situation of the accession countries nowadays and since the early 1990s and comparing it to that of the UK and Germany, (ii) critically reviewing the existing literature that attempts to predict the effects of the current EU enlargement on migration flows, (iii) analysing the so-called Southern enlargement (the accessions of Greece, Portugal and Spain) and comparing it to the current one, and (iv) presenting a quantitative analysis of the effect of the current enlargement on migration to the UK.
| Type: | Report |
|---|---|
| Title: | The impact of EU enlargement on migration flows |
| ISBN: | 1844730557 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/onlinepubs1.html |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Reproduced under the terms of the Click-Use Licence |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of Arts and Social Sciences > Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences > Economics |
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