Eu Enlargement and Migration: Scenarios of Croatian Accession

This paper analyzes possible incidence of pending Croatian EU accession that is to take place on the 1st of July 2013, on the labour migration from Croatia to the European Union. We apply panel data estimators using the data on emigration from 18 EU countries into Germany (which is the EU country wi...

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Main Authors: Wadim Strielkowski, Kristýna Šárková, Tomasz Żornaczuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Institute of Romania 2013-09-01
Series:Romanian Journal of European Affairs
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Online Access:http://www.ier.ro/documente/rjea_vol13_no3/RJEA_2013_vol13_no3_sept_art4.pdf
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Summary:This paper analyzes possible incidence of pending Croatian EU accession that is to take place on the 1st of July 2013, on the labour migration from Croatia to the European Union. We apply panel data estimators using the data on emigration from 18 EU countries into Germany (which is the EU country with the largest share of ex-Yugoslav and Croatian migrants) in order to construct possible scenarios of Croatian migration to the EU.Three scenarios of migration - pessimistic, realistic and optimistic - are drawn and the sensitivity of estimated coefficients on migration from Croatia into Germany during next 25 years is further discussed in detail. We conclude that, similarly to hypothetical Turkish accession, Croatian EU accession is not going to cause massive migration inflows.
ISSN:1582-8271
1841-4273