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Emigration and Labour Market Outcomes in the CEE EU Member States: A Closer Look

Pryymachenko, Yana LU (2011) NEKM02 20112
Department of Economics
Abstract (Swedish)
This paper analyses the effects of emigration on unemployment and wages in the ten Central and Eastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007. These countries experi-enced large migration outflows following their accession and thus lost a considerable share of their labour force. This presents a good natural experiment to study the impact of emigration on the labour market outcomes in source countries. Our results show a strong negative effect of emigration on total unemployment, with unemployment rate decreasing by 6.7% following an increase in emigration rate by 10%. This total effect is caused by low-skilled emigration, which reduces both low-skilled and high-skilled unemployment; high-skilled emigration, on the other... (More)
This paper analyses the effects of emigration on unemployment and wages in the ten Central and Eastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007. These countries experi-enced large migration outflows following their accession and thus lost a considerable share of their labour force. This presents a good natural experiment to study the impact of emigration on the labour market outcomes in source countries. Our results show a strong negative effect of emigration on total unemployment, with unemployment rate decreasing by 6.7% following an increase in emigration rate by 10%. This total effect is caused by low-skilled emigration, which reduces both low-skilled and high-skilled unemployment; high-skilled emigration, on the other hand, has no effect on unemployment rate of any skill group. However, we did not find any evidence that emigration affects wages in the countries under study. (Less)
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author
Pryymachenko, Yana LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKM02 20112
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
emigration, unemployment, wage, CEE, skill groups
language
English
id
2203507
date added to LUP
2011-11-09 15:21:13
date last changed
2011-11-09 15:21:13
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  abstract     = {{This paper analyses the effects of emigration on unemployment and wages in the ten Central and Eastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007. These countries experi-enced large migration outflows following their accession and thus lost a considerable share of their labour force. This presents a good natural experiment to study the impact of emigration on the labour market outcomes in source countries. Our results show a strong negative effect of emigration on total unemployment, with unemployment rate decreasing by 6.7% following an increase in emigration rate by 10%. This total effect is caused by low-skilled emigration, which reduces both low-skilled and high-skilled unemployment; high-skilled emigration, on the other hand, has no effect on unemployment rate of any skill group. However, we did not find any evidence that emigration affects wages in the countries under study.}},
  author       = {{Pryymachenko, Yana}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Emigration and Labour Market Outcomes in the CEE EU Member States: A Closer Look}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}