C/E/258. Urban-Rural Migration and Deprivation

The paper examines whether the initial village income inequality is more important in determining rural-urban migration than expected wage differentials. The urban - rural migration is considered from a historical and economic perspectives reflecting on the implications of expected wage differentials and relative deprivation as motivating factors for individuals to migrate from rural to urban areas.

C/E/234. What are the key drivers of immigration in the developed world? Comment on the likely impact of continuing high levels of immigration upon the current indigenous UK work force

The paper looks at the recent increase of the migration to the UK examining the factors that influence the scale and profile of migrants, identifying the negative and positive effects of the immigration, and discussing the main objections to uncontrolled migration, its implications and challenges for HR executives, etc.

C/E/180. Impact of Migration from Eastern Europe to the UK on the labour market

The paper examines the effects of migration from Eastern Europe on the UK labour market discussing free admission for A8 employees as part of the Government's Managed Migration policy designed to fill vacancies in skilled and low-waged occupations. Employment statistics for A8 workers since May 2004 are discussed addressing the issues of the future social costs.

S/E/103. Dissertation. Eastern European migration to UK

The dissertation investigates the implications of the free access to the UK labour market obtained by the eight Eastern European countries after joining EU in 2004. The history of the EU enlargement is related; UK immigration law and settlement data are discussed. Academic literature is reviewed touching on the theory of labour migration, the features of the labour markets, and the impact of immigration to the UK viewed from macroeconomic, microeconomic and structural perspectives. The prospects for the development of the labour market under the influence of future migration are considered.

S/E/100. Examine the significance of economic flows within transnational migrant communities: to what extent are they a new phenomenon and how significant are they?

The paper examines new trends and practices within cross-border networks focusing on immigrant labour, reviewing the history of transnational migrant flows and addressing the issues of modern economic migration and transnational activities.

E/E/49. How has immigration affected businesses in Britain over the past few decades?

The paper examines the effects of immigration on UK businesses highlighting the influence of the ethnic cuisine on the food and catering market, the emergence of new organisations on local level, etc. Legislation related to immigration is reviewed.

P/E/458. International migration of labour

The paper addresses the issues of the international migration of labour describing the brain drain (brain circulation) phenomenon and the models of skilled labour migration, i.e. the nationalist model and the cosmopolitan model. The costs and benefits of skilled labour migration are outlined.

P/E/371. Immigration to UK: attractions and government policy

The paper addresses the issues of migration to Britain identifying the attractions of Britain to immigrants and seeking to find a link between immigration and UK economic indicators. UK immigration policy over the past two decades is reviewed including political debate about restricting access to immigrants.

P/E/327. Migration in Europe: motives and implications

The paper examines the factors influencing migration patterns in Europe reporting on the spectrum of migration, mobility streams, labour market disequilibrium, enlargement of the EU, migration barriers and the impacts of East – West migration. The effects of migration on the host countries in Europe are described.

P/E/178. The role of rural links for urban migrants in West Africa

The paper looks at the urban population in West Africa that have rural origin; the author claims that these migrant communities see themselves as strangers in the urban setting maintaining close links with their home villages. Economic, cultural and psychological aspects of this phenomenon are examined with examples drawn from the life in Nigeria and Cameroon. The concepts of 'cultural norm', 'ethnic associations', 'elite associations', 'regional autochthony', etc. are discussed.

C/E/45. Can labour market deregulation solve Europe's Employment Problem?

Numerous researches have been done on the effects of the regulation/deregulation on the employment levels in different countries. The results have been mixed and some widely accepted assumptions have been challenged by different writers. This paper covers most of the arguments that have been used by the popular researches in the field, such as Nickell (1997), Scarpetta (1996) and Bertola (1996), while bringing in "the other side of the story" through contradicting empirical evidence. The arguments belong to two different schools of thought: NAIRU and Keynes.

P/E/119. International Migration and European Labour Markets

The paper critically analyses the International Migration and discusses whether it can solve the problems of European Labour markets