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Aspects of International Labour Mobility in Southern EU Countries

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  • Tapan Biswas

    (Centre for Economic Policy, Business School, University of Hull, UK)

  • Jolian McHardy

    (Centre for Economic Policy, Business School, University of Hull, UK)

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This paper seeks to identify patterns of migration for five south European countries (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece) during the years 1985-2001. We use two indices to explore the balance of migration for each country with respect to the (remaining) EU15 and also the SE5 as a whole. We are particularly interested in changes in migratory patterns that have emerged following the Schengen agreement (1995). The balance in bilateral migratory flows between Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy is considered by examining the Perron-Frobenius root for the matrix over two time periods. The balance is shown to have improved after 1995. Finally, we consider some aspects of nonEU15 migration and the problem of asylum seeking.

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  • Tapan Biswas & Jolian McHardy, 2004. "Aspects of International Labour Mobility in Southern EU Countries," South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, Association of Economic Universities of South and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region, vol. 2(1), pages 67-83.
    • Handle: RePEc:seb:journl:v:2:y:2004:i:1:p:67-83
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    Keywords

    Migration; South Europe; Schengen Agreement; Asylum;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe

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