Assessing the interrelationship between atypical work and net migration in the EU: Evidence from 17 Countries (2004–2019)

Laurène Thil and Stella Sophie Zilian ()
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No 263, wiiw Working Papers from The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw

Abstract: This paper studies how atypical work, alongside other labour market conditions, affect intra-EU migration and vice versa in 17 EU countries from 2004 to 2019. Relative increases of part-time and self-employment shares in sending countries increase net migration, whereas relative increases in short fixed-term shares reduce net migration. Net migration shocks persistently reduce part-time share differentials, initially reduce self-employment share differentials and increase short fixed-term share differentials. Atypical work explains about one-fifth of net migration fluctuations five and ten years after a shock. The findings highlight the trade-off between internal (employment flexibility) and external (migration) labour market adjustments.

Keywords: atypical employment; intra-EU mobility; pVAR; labour market adjustment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 F22 J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages including 12 Table and 14 Figures
Date: 2025-06
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