Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/75937 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 718
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
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 e.ects from trade, but more pronounced labor market e.ects from migration. Based on German model elasticities, we approximate expected benefits and costs for other member countries as well.
Subjects: 
EU enlargement
economic integration
economic growth
capital accumulation
search unemployment
computable general equilibrium analysis
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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