In 2001 Germany and Austria became the last EU states to lift transnational controls restricting access to their labour markets for citizens of ex-communist countries. This book challenges anti-immigration discourses to show that given the high percentage of skilled immigrants, it is the sending rather than the receiving countries who lose out.

Autorentext
Sönke Maatsch is a researcher at the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics, Bremen, Germany. He studied economics and political science at the University of Bremen, the New School for Social Research, New York, and the Lille University of Science and Technology. He holds a PhD in Economics and a bachelor's degree in political science. He has participated in numerous research projects on European integration including the EU-funded project 'Reconstituting Democracy in Europe', and has taught at the University of Bremen.

Inhalt
Introduction Who Migrates? Theory, Lessons from the Past, and the Latest Data Are Welfare States Endangered by Migration? The perspective of economic theory A Model of EU Eastward Enlargement EU Social Legislation and National Social Policies Latest Data: What do we know about the 'New Migration'? National Social Policies in the Light of the Eastern Enlargement Conclusions