Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography Research Research projects
Migration after the eastern enlargement of the EU and effects for the labour markets in the target area – the examples of Poland and Germany

Migration after the eastern enlargement of the EU and effects for the labour markets in the target area – the examples of Poland and Germany

Led by:  Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
Team:  Dirk Möller (University of Cologne)
Year:  2002
Funding:  own resources
Duration:  1999 - 2002
Is Finished:  yes

This project aimed at

  • explaining international migration of labour and its effects for labour market of the target area,
  • analysing labour market theory for the example of emigration from Poland to Germany
  • designing recommendations considering the free movement of labour within the EU integration process.

Publications:

  • Möller, D. (2002): Räumliche Bindung von Humankapital und Ableitung berufsspezifischer Migrationsneigungen. In: Seminarberichte der Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung, Nr. 45, S. 45-70.
  • Möller, D. (2001): Migration und ihre Arbeitsmarkteffekte in Deutschland. Europäische Hochschulschriften, Reihe V Volks- und Betriebswirtschaft, Bd. 2933, Frankfurt am Main, pp.: Peter Lang Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften.
  • Möller, D. (2001): Humankapitalportfolios als Determinante internationaler Arbeitsmigration - dargestellt am Beispiel Polens und Deutschlands. (=Working Paper, No. 2001-03, Department of Economic and Social Geography, University of Cologne).