SEE T6 Migration

Question 1

MIGRATion some fact

Answer 1

decline of population growth since 1960
net immigration since the late 1980s

Question 2

Internal migration :

Answer 2

Significant outflow from eastern european member states but europeans dont do much migrating

Question 3

why European dond do much migrating ?

Question 4

the free movement of workers was

Answer 4

key element of treaty of Rome

Question 5

what is exactly labour shortage ?

Question 6

free movements of persons

Answer 6

citizens directive of 2004

Question 7

why restrict immigration

Answer 7

to avoid possible migration shock

Question 9

35% people (out of 2 mln easteuropeans)
who live in Germany are from

Answer 9

Poland

Question 10

immigration from outside the europe is very important.
why?

Answer 10

immigrants from outside the union are a major share of the total stock of migrants

Question 11

nowadays native population …

Answer 11

decreases and immigration increases

Question 12

The case of spain after EU12

Answer 12

migration boom most of them from Africa and Latin America. imbalances in the process

Question 13

in 2020 over 23 mln were no ue citizens so

Answer 13

5% of 447 mln people living in ue in general

Question 14

2015 what happened

Answer 14

mass migration to Europe,specially from Syria

Question 15

what happened in 1951

Answer 15

geneva convention on the protection of refugees

Question 16

CEAS

Answer 16

the common european asylum system

Question 17

What is marginal productivity of labour ? (MPL)

Question 18

economic of labour market integration…

Answer 18

focuses on how immigration tends to affect the sending and receiving nations.

Question 19

without labour mobility

Answer 19

the allocation of productive factors was unefficient

Question 20

complementarity of migrants and native factors of production

Answer 20

provides a win-win situation

Question 21

why win-win situation?

Answer 21

firms can pay less for salaries ( more people unskilled) and people can have higher wages 9 cost of the rooms in hostel fell so firms want to expand and look for skilled workers and capital)

of unskilled workers increaes ( with lower price but good for them) then demand for skilled workers increases :)

Question 22

complementarity

Answer 22

foreign workers choose the jobs which are not so popular among domestic workers

or just getting a position which better suits your abilities and knowledge

Question 23

presence of more skilled foreign workers

Answer 23

increases productivity of unskilled workers ( situation with american entrepreneur who went to IRELAND

Question 24

1% rise in supply of migrants …

Answer 24

changes native wages by +/- 1%

Question 25

it is not obvious

Answer 25

that immigration always lowers wages

Question 26

increase or decrease of risk of unemployment

Answer 26

depending on type of workers:
or without any effect on unemployment

Question 27

total employment can rise with immigrants because

how is it possible?

Answer 27

the drop in native employments is smaller than number of immigrants so total employments is higer( more people to work)

drop of native wages - - firms produce more output - - expand jobs

Question 28

in spain during the booming years

Answer 28

immigration allowed Spanish workers to undertake higher- paying jobs

Question 29

Two key results emerge:

Answer 29

• immigration is likely to raise employment and national income;
• immigration is unlikely to affect unemployment in either direction.

Question 30

Still, there is low mobility within EU:

Answer 30

Restrictions for new EU members’ nationals mobility;
- Differing pensions systems;
- Unemployment benefits;
- Regulated professions;
- Language, housing, health systems, etc.

Question 31

why there was the instability of migration trends in Spain?

Question 32

Basic economic theory cannot explain

Answer 32

equilibrium with
unemployment. Regulation, “efficiency wages” and “implicit
contracts” help doing so.

Question 33

wage rigidity helps explaining how economic cycles seriously affect employment and unemployment. However:

Answer 33

– Important wage differences exist.
– Wages have also suffered the effects of the crisis.

Question 34

EU labour markets may not be fully integrated. And Spanish ones?

Question 35

Migration creates winners and losers, but

Answer 35

but improves overall
efficiency in the labour market.

Question 36

There is somewhat of a paradox in the EU, as

Answer 36

as most migrants come
from third (non-EU) countries.

Question 37

Regarding migration, the Spanish case outstands because of a historical immigration boom,

Answer 37

followed by highly volatile(zmienny) migration
rates.