A modern migration theory : an alternative economic approach to failed EU policy /

How does the EU square the seemingly contradictory objectives of bringing about less migration - its current approach to the refugee crisis - and more migration, which is its current response to the Union's demographic deficit? Peo Hansen explores how this might be resolved.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hansen, Peo
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing, 2021.
Colección:Comparative political economy.
Temas:
Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
Émigration et immigration > Aspect économique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
Emigration and immigration
Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects
European Union countries > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
European Economic Community countries > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Pays de l'Union européenne > Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale.
European Union countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Series information
  • Title page
  • Dedication
  • Copyright information
  • Epigraph
  • Table of contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • 1 Migration: the "mother of all problems"
  • "Do not come to Europe"
  • Polish surprise
  • Europe's emigration crisis
  • Three migration crises ... and no babies
  • What the book is about
  • The structure of the study
  • 2 The fiscal impact of migration
  • The general fiscal impact of migration
  • Spending like a household
  • Begging the question
  • The realism concerning "fiscal burdens"
  • The fiscal impact as trade-offs between migration and the welfare state
  • A trade-off between research and realism?
  • The ethno-racial trade-off or the trade-off between recognition and redistribution
  • Conclusion
  • 3 A modern migration theory
  • Real versus financial resources
  • Why solvency requirements and budget constraints are mistaken
  • Issuing, taxing and borrowing
  • Deficits and surpluses explained
  • The hard yet unnecessary constraints of the eurozone
  • Conclusion
  • 4 Demography, security and the shifting conjunctures of the European Union's external labour migration policy
  • What is labour migration?
  • Migration policy, demographics and the welfare state
  • A historical snapshot
  • The contemporary development
  • Brussels' rationale and objectives for increasing external labour migration
  • Security first
  • Conclusion
  • 5 Labour migration in a sound finance policy logic
  • The Long-Term Residence Directive
  • The Researchers Directive
  • The Blue Card Directive
  • The Seasonal Workers Directive
  • The Intra-Corporate Transferees Directive
  • Conclusion
  • 6 Why EU asylum policy cannot afford to pay demographic dividends
  • EU asylum policy: built to prevent
  • The historical logic of EU asylum policy
  • Then as now: borders, burdens and external solutions
  • "DROP OF 98%"
  • Less migration, more migration
  • Demographic deficit, demographic dividend
  • From demographic assets to fiscal burdens
  • Conclusion
  • 7 "We need these people": refugee spending, fiscal impact and refugees' real bearing on Sweden's society and economy
  • Refugee crisis, fiscal crisis?
  • The fiscal impact of Sweden's refugee reception: the view from the government and the economic expertise
  • Refugee spending and economic growth
  • "We have not borrowed a single krona to finance the refugee crisis"
  • Financial and real resources, once more
  • Refugees' impact on municipalities
  • The fiscal boon of refugee reception
  • Small municipalities, huge examples
  • Conclusion
  • 8 Conclusion
  • Now we see it, now we don't
  • The consequences of sound finance
  • The fiscal impact of refugee migration
  • Refugee migration and municipal income
  • The real impact of refugee migration
  • Functional finance in practice
  • Understanding the quest for both less and more migration
  • Implications for EU free movement and EU citizenship

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