Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/96767 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 8091
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the labour market and welfare changes experienced by enlarged-EU migrants before and after 2007. For this purpose, we briefly review the Spanish socio-economic institutional background, as well as its migration policy towards enlarged-EU citizens. Then we discuss the importance of inflows and stocks of enlarged-EU migrants in Spain, including their socio-demographic, labour market and welfare use characteristics. We proceed to evaluate the impact of enlarged-EU migrants on the Spanish labour market and the welfare state, with particular attention paid to how the situation has changed for enlarged-EU migrants after 2007, in relation to other migrants and natives. After investigating the effects of enlarged-EU migrants on the native population, the paper concludes with a discussion on lessons learned.
Subjects: 
immigration
EU enlargement
Great Recession
JEL: 
J15
J24
J61
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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