Presentation by Dr Corrado Giulietti (Director of Research of the Institute for the Study of Labour) on the occasion of the conference on Immigration – a source of wealth and duties for Europe organised by the EESC, the Council of Europe and the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council in Brussels on 15 March 2013.
3. NO
A study based on data from 19 EU
members states during 1993-2008
concluded that “[…] immigration
[…] does not respond to
unemployment benefit
incentives.”
7. NO
A study based on data from
20 EU members states in 2007
found “[…] little evidence of
excessive receipt of supports by
migrants relative to natives […]”
12. NO
Research on UK shows that
“[…] immigration does not lead to
an outflow of natives […]” but
there is “[…] evidence
of displacement for earlier
immigrants.”
17. YES
Projections for EU-25 show that
the demand for high skilled
workers will rise by 2.4% during
2006-2015.
Demand for low skilled workers
will decrease by 1.9%.
18. “We need immigrants to work in some sectors of our economy”:
percentage which completely agree or tend to agree
(Eurobarometer survey 59.2)
22. Unemployment benefits and immigration: Evidence from the EU (C. Giulietti, M. Guzi, M.
Kahanec and K.F. Zimmermann), IZA Discussion Paper, n.6075, 2011 forthcoming in
International Journal of Manpower, 2013
Study on active inclusion of migrants (K.F. Zimmermann, M. Kahanec, A. Barrett, C.
Giulietti, B. Maître, M. Guzi),report prepared for the European Commission, also available
as IZA Research Report, n.43, 2012
Immigration and displacement across local labour markets (C. Giulietti), CPC Working
Paper, n.2, 2009
The integration of migrants and its effects on the labour market (W. Eichhorst, C.
Giulietti, M. Guzi, M. Kendzia, P. Monti, T. Frattini, K. Nowotny, P. Huber and B.
Vandeweghe),report prepared for the European Parliament, also available as IZA Research
Report, n.40, 2011
The Impact of Immigration on the well-being of natives (A. Akay, A. Constant and C.
Giulietti), IZA Discussion Paper, n.6630, 2012
Corrado Giulietti
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