Labour Migration in the Enlarged European Union
(2005)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The aim of this thesis is to discuss the issue of labour migration from the new member states of the European Union to the old after the enlargement. As the old member states have imposed restrictions towards the new members concerning one of the main rights of the EU citizens - the freedom to move freely and work in another member state - this thesis will use both theoretical and empirical data to study the necessity of these restrictions. The neoclassical, human capital, network and family migration theories will be described in order to explain the main reasons why people migrate. These theories will be tested against today's labour migration realities in order to be able to make assumptions about the possible migratory levels from the... (More)
- The aim of this thesis is to discuss the issue of labour migration from the new member states of the European Union to the old after the enlargement. As the old member states have imposed restrictions towards the new members concerning one of the main rights of the EU citizens - the freedom to move freely and work in another member state - this thesis will use both theoretical and empirical data to study the necessity of these restrictions. The neoclassical, human capital, network and family migration theories will be described in order to explain the main reasons why people migrate. These theories will be tested against today's labour migration realities in order to be able to make assumptions about the possible migratory levels from the new member countries to the old. The realist and liberal theories will be used to analyse the old member countries? migration policies towards the new. The thesis will show that the realist framework (emphasis on the protective measures) dominates the migration policy-making towards the new countries, bringing up the question if it is really justified and necessary. The main goal of this thesis is to use the main theories and empirical analysis in order to demonstrate that the people from the new member states are less likely to migrate to the old member states than was foreseen and even feared by the old member states. Furthermore, this will show that the imposed restrictions on the free movement of labour clause are not justifiable. (Less)
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- author
- Jaakson, Katrin
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- labour migration, immigration, Central and Eastern European countries European Union, enlargement, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- English
- id
- 1330178
- date added to LUP
- 2005-06-20 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2005-06-20 00:00:00
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abstract = {{The aim of this thesis is to discuss the issue of labour migration from the new member states of the European Union to the old after the enlargement. As the old member states have imposed restrictions towards the new members concerning one of the main rights of the EU citizens - the freedom to move freely and work in another member state - this thesis will use both theoretical and empirical data to study the necessity of these restrictions. The neoclassical, human capital, network and family migration theories will be described in order to explain the main reasons why people migrate. These theories will be tested against today's labour migration realities in order to be able to make assumptions about the possible migratory levels from the new member countries to the old. The realist and liberal theories will be used to analyse the old member countries? migration policies towards the new. The thesis will show that the realist framework (emphasis on the protective measures) dominates the migration policy-making towards the new countries, bringing up the question if it is really justified and necessary. The main goal of this thesis is to use the main theories and empirical analysis in order to demonstrate that the people from the new member states are less likely to migrate to the old member states than was foreseen and even feared by the old member states. Furthermore, this will show that the imposed restrictions on the free movement of labour clause are not justifiable.}},
author = {{Jaakson, Katrin}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Labour Migration in the Enlarged European Union}},
year = {{2005}},
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