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Integration of immigrants in the EU_15: success or failure?

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  • Adéla Zubíková

    (Faculty of Economics, University of Economics, Prague)

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In 2015, the so-called migration crisis culminated in Europe. Although immigration can bring along many benefits (labor force, cultural diversification), it constitutes a challenge for fiscal policy if immigrants fail to integrate. This paper examines the level of integration in the EU_15 on the data from Eurostat in period 2009 to 2018. The results show that immigrants who were not born in the EU_28 were significantly worse off in terms of the unemployment rate and the risk-of-poverty rate than the host society. Immigrants born in the other EU_28 country were not significantly worse off on the labor market, but the at-risk-of-poverty rate was significantly higher in comparison with the host society. The data didn?t confirm that share of immigrants with tertiary education (both from the EU_28 or outside the EU_28) was significantly lower than the share of the tertiary educated population in the host society. The level of integration of immigrants did not got worse after the migration crisis. Furthermore, the results showed a considerable difference in the degree of integration between EU_15 countries.

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  • Adéla Zubíková, 2019. "Integration of immigrants in the EU_15: success or failure?," Proceedings of Economics and Finance Conferences 10112410, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:sek:iefpro:10112410
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    Keywords

    immigration; economic integration; social integration; refugees; European Union;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • F29 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Other
    • F50 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - General

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