Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/201833 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 383
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
This paper explores the long-term effect of migration on economic inequality between the 28 EU member states, covering the period 1995-2017. The cross-national, longitudinal analysis demonstrates that migration has had a positive and significant effect on development and economic growth in 28 member states. However, the findings also indicate that some countries have benefitted from migration more than others. Specifically, for countries experiencing positive net migration the effect is disproportionately larger than for countries experiencing negative net migration. This seems to indicate that, while migration has indeed contributed to economic development in all member states over the period analysed, it has not necessarily contributed to decreasing economic inequalities between them.
Subjects: 
immigration
emigration
inequality
migration and development
EU
JEL: 
F220
O150
O47
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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