T6 Migration

Question 1

MIGRATion some fact

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decline of population growth since 1960net immigration since the late 1980s

Question 2

Internal migration :

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Significant outflow from eastern european member states but europeans dont do much migrating

Question 3

the free movement of workers was

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key element of treaty of Rome

Question 4

free movements of persons

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citizens directive of 2004

Question 5

why restrict immigration

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to avoid possible migration shock

Question 6

35% people (out of 2 mln easteuropeans) who live in Germany are from

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Poland

Question 7

immigration from outside the europe is very important. why?

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immigrants from outside the union are a major share of the total stock of migrants

Question 8

nowadays native population …

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decreases and immigration increases

Question 9

The case of spain after EU12

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migration boom most of them from Africa and Latin America. imbalances in the process

Question 10

in 2020 over 23 mln were no ue citizens so

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5% of 447 mln people living in ue in general

Question 11

2015 what happened

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mass migration to Europe,specially from Syria

Question 12

what happened in 1951

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geneva convention on the protection of refugees

Question 13

CEAS

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the common european asylum system

Question 14

economic of labour market integration…

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focuses on how immigration tends to affect the sending and receiving nations.

Question 15

without labour mobility

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the allocation of productive factors was unefficient

Question 16

complementarity of migrants and native factors of production

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provides a win-win situation

Question 17

why win-win situation?

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firms can pay less for salaries ( more people unskilled) and people can have higher wages 9 cost of the rooms in hostel fell so firms want to expand and look for skilled workers and capital) of unskilled workers increaes ( with lower price but good for them) then demand for skilled workers increases :)

Question 18

complementarity

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foreign workers choose the jobs which are not so popular among domestic workersor just getting a position which better suits your abilities and knowledge

Question 19

presence of more skilled foreign workers

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increases productivity of unskilled workers ( situation with american entrepreneur who went to IRELAND

Question 20

1% rise in supply of migrants …

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changes native wages by +/- 1%

Question 21

it is not obvious

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that immigration always lowers wages

Question 22

increase or decrease of risk of unemployment

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depending on type of workers:or without any effect on unemployment

Question 23

total employment can rise with immigrants becausehow is it possible?

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the drop in native employments is smaller than number of immigrants so total employments is higer( more people to work) drop of native wages - - firms produce more output - - expand jobs

Question 24

in spain during the booming years

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immigration allowed Spanish workers to undertake higher- paying jobs

Question 25

Two key results emerge:

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- immigration is likely to raise employment and national income;- immigration is unlikely to affect unemployment in either direction.

Question 26

Still, there is low mobility within EU:

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Restrictions for new EU members’ nationals mobility;- Differing pensions systems;- Unemployment benefits;- Regulated professions;- Language, housing, health systems, etc.

Question 27

Basic economic theory cannot explain

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equilibrium withunemployment. Regulation, “efficiency wages” and “implicitcontracts” help doing so.

Question 28

wage rigidity helps explaining how economic cycles seriously affect employment and unemployment. However:

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– Important wage differences exist.– Wages have also suffered the effects of the crisis.

Question 29

Migration creates winners and losers, but

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but improves overallefficiency in the labour market.

Question 30

There is somewhat of a paradox in the EU, as

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as most migrants comefrom third (non-EU) countries.

Question 31

Regarding migration, the Spanish case outstands because of a historical immigration boom,

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followed by highly volatile(zmienny) migrationrates.