Assessing the interrelationship between atypical work and net migration in the EU: Evidence from 17 Countries (2004–2019)
Thil, Laurène
Assessing the interrelationship between atypical work and net migration in the EU: Evidence from 17 Countries (2004–2019) - Wien : Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw), 2025. - 46 S., 12 Table and 14 Figures, 30cm. - wiiw Working Papers 263 . - wiiw Working Papers 263 .
This paper studies how atypical work, alongside other labour market conditions, affect intra-EU migration and vice versa in 17 EU countries from 2004 to 2019. Relative increases of part-time and self-employment shares in sending countries increase net migration, whereas relative increases in short fixed-term shares reduce net migration. Net migration shocks persistently reduce part-time share differentials, initially reduce self-employment share differentials and increase short fixed-term share differentials. Atypical work explains about one-fifth of net migration fluctuations five and ten years after a shock. The findings highlight the trade-off between internal (employment flexibility) and external (migration) labour market adjustments.
atypical employment
intra-EU mobility
pVAR
labour market adjustment
Austria
Belgium
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Assessing the interrelationship between atypical work and net migration in the EU: Evidence from 17 Countries (2004–2019) - Wien : Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw), 2025. - 46 S., 12 Table and 14 Figures, 30cm. - wiiw Working Papers 263 . - wiiw Working Papers 263 .
This paper studies how atypical work, alongside other labour market conditions, affect intra-EU migration and vice versa in 17 EU countries from 2004 to 2019. Relative increases of part-time and self-employment shares in sending countries increase net migration, whereas relative increases in short fixed-term shares reduce net migration. Net migration shocks persistently reduce part-time share differentials, initially reduce self-employment share differentials and increase short fixed-term share differentials. Atypical work explains about one-fifth of net migration fluctuations five and ten years after a shock. The findings highlight the trade-off between internal (employment flexibility) and external (migration) labour market adjustments.
atypical employment
intra-EU mobility
pVAR
labour market adjustment
Austria
Belgium
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden