Eastern Enlargement of the EU: Jobs, Investment and Welfare in Present Member Countries

Ben Heijdra (), Christian Keuschnigg and Wilhelm Kohler

Chapter 2 in European Economic Integration, WTO Membership, Immigration and Offshoring, 2014, pp 37-83 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Eastern enlargement of the EU promises gains, but also imposes fiscal costs on incumbent countries. A sensitive issue concerns immigration, jobs and wages. We address these issues in a general equilibrium framework, both analytically and through numerical simulations. Analytical results identify capital accumulation as a prime transmission channel. Using a dynamic CGE model with search unemployment of high- and low-skilled labor, we simulate the effects of enlargement on Germany finding small effects from trade, but more pronounced labor market effects from migration.

Keywords: Economic Integration; WTO Membership; Immigration; Offshoring; European Union; International Trade; Migration; Gravity; Germany; Equilibrium; Tariff Liberalization; Commercial Policy; Eastern Enlargement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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