Skilled Labor Flows : Lessons from the European Union

This study evaluates European Union (EU) experience of the mobility of skilled labor migrants after the 2004 and 2007 EU enlargements and from the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) countries. The study concludes that migration generally improves t...

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Main Author:	Kahanec, Martin
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ADJUSTMENT COSTS ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY ANXIETY BENEFITS OF MIGRATION BRAIN DRAIN CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CRIME DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES DISSEMINATION DRIVERS EARNING ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN EDUCATED MIGRANTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVELS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EFFICIENCY OF LABOR EMIGRANTS EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY TIES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FORMAL EDUCATION FREE TRADE GENDER BIAS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH-CARE SERVICES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOST COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRY HOST POPULATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCES ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICY IMPORTANT POLICY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INTERNATIONALIZATION IRREGULAR MIGRATION JOB CREATION JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET REGULATION LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRANTS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR MOBILITY LABOR PROGRAMS LABOR SHORTAGES LABOUR LABOUR FORCE LABOUR STUDIES LACK OF INFORMATION LARGE FAMILIES LARGE POPULATION LAWS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LONG-RUN EFFECTS MANPOWER MEDICAL STAFF MIDWIVES MIGRANT POPULATIONS MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRATION MIGRATION BETWEEN COUNTRIES MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION PATTERNS MIGRATION POLICIES MIGRATION POLICY MIGRATIONS MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE NATIONAL BORDERS NATIONALS NURSES OCCUPATIONS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OLDER PEOPLE PALESTINIAN TERRITORY PATIENTS PENSIONS PHARMACISTS PHYSIOTHERAPISTS PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY-MAKING PROCESS POTENTIAL MIGRANTS PRESENT VALUE PRESENTS UNEMPLOYMENT PRIMARY OBJECTIVE PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC POLICY PULL FACTORS PUSH FACTORS QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY OF EDUCATION RECENT IMMIGRANTS RECREATION REMITTANCES RESPECT RETAIL TRADE RETURN MIGRATION SKILL LEVEL SKILLED LABOR SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED OCCUPATIONS SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL WORK SPOUSE SPOUSES TELEVISION TEMPORARY MIGRANTS TERTIARY EDUCATION TRADE UNIONS TRAINING REQUIREMENTS TRANSPORTATION TREATY UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VISAS VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE BARGAINING WAGE RIGIDITIES WAR WASTE WORK ACTIVITIES WORKER WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING-AGE POPULATION XENOPHOBIA
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17451909/skilled-labor-flows-lessons-european-union http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13566