Integration of European Labour Markets

Edited by Ewald Nowotny, former Governor, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Austria, Peter Mooslechner, formerly Oesterreichische Nationalbank and Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald, Director, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Austria

• Contents:Preface Introduction: The Successful Integration of European Labour Markets MattersEwald NowotnyPART I: THE EFFECTS OF MIGRATION ON LABOUR MARKETS1. Labour Mobility and the Integration of European Labour MarketsKlaus F. Zimmermann2. The Difficulties of Managing Labour Migration: Spain’s Experience in the European ContextJoaquín Arango3. Can International Migration Ever be Made a Pareto Improvement?Gabriel Felbermayr and Wilhelm Kohler4. Do Stricter Migration Policies Deter FDI?Peter Egger and Doina Maria RadulescuPART II: EUROPEAN MIGRATION AFTER EU ENLARGEMENT5. Labour Mobility in the Enlarged EU: Causes, Constraints and PotentialHerbert Brücker 6. Polish Emigration to the UK After EU Enlargement in 2004: A ‘Natural Experiment’ for Testing the Rationality of Migration ChoiceKatarzyna B. Budnik 7. Immigration, Occupation and Wages Stephen Nickell and Jumana Saleheen8. Emigration, Labour Shortages and Brain Drain in the New EU Member States: Some Descriptive Evidence Radek Malý and Christoph Maier9. International Migration and Remittances in the Balkans: The Case of BulgariaVesselin MintchevPART III: LABOUR MARKETS AND TRADE INTEGRATION10. Economic Integration and Labour Market Policy in EMUGiuseppe Bertola11. New Trade in New EuropeHenryk Kierzkowski12. The Wage Effects of Economic Integration: A Sectoral Perspective in the Enlarged European UnionÉva Katalin Polgár and Julia Woerz13. The Distributional Effects of Trade on Austrian WagesWolfgang PointnerIndex

'This selection of essays widens the scope for discussion on the design of national labour market and migration policies in the enlarged European Union. They provide some new evidence on recent development on labour market outcomes, and thus, contribute to the ongoing political debate on the economic effects of the enlargement of the European Union. . . it was definitely a gain to spend time in reading this volume.'