Macroeconomics of Migration in New Member States /

This paper examines the macroeconomic impact of migration on income convergence in the EU's New Member States (NMS). The paper focuses on cross-border mobility of labor and examines the implications for policymakers with the help of a general equilibrium model. It finds that cross-border labor...

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Autor Principal: Bems, Rudolfs
Outros autores: Schellekens, Philip
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/264
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF
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