Migration and the EU Labour Market: Granger Causality Tests on a Panel VAR

Subrata Ghatak () and Tomoe Moore ()
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Subrata Ghatak: Kingston University London
Tomoe Moore: Brunel University, http://www.brunel.ac.uk/cbass/economics-finance/staff/tomoe-moore

No 2007-6, Economics Discussion Papers from School of Economics, Kingston University London

Abstract: This paper investigates the interaction between migration and the European Union (EU) labour market. The study runs Granger causality tests using panel data on 13 of the original EU countries. As predicted by theory, the modelling unveils a negative relationship among unemployment and migration. However, real wages and immigration appear to remain independent. These findings imply that migration flows have had little significant adverse impact on the EU labour market.

Keywords: Migration; Unemployment; Wages; EU; Panel Data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C10 J00 J60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2007-08-01
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