TY - UNPB
T1 - Eastern enlargement of the EU
T2 - jobs, investment and welfare in present member countries
AU - Heijdra, Ben J.
AU - Keuschnigg, Christian
AU - Kohler, Wilhelm
N1 - Relation: http://www.rug.nl/
date_submitted:2002
Rights: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - 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 effects from trade, but more pronounced labor market effects from migration. Based on German model elasticities, we approximate expected benefits and costs for other member countries as well.
AB - 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 effects from trade, but more pronounced labor market effects from migration. Based on German model elasticities, we approximate expected benefits and costs for other member countries as well.
M3 - Working paper
BT - Eastern enlargement of the EU
PB - s.n.
ER -