The Fiscal Consequences of Unrestricted Immigration from Romania and Bulgaria

dc.contributor.author	Ruist, Joakim
dc.date.accessioned	2014-01-09T08:22:59Z
dc.date.available	2014-01-09T08:22:59Z
dc.date.issued	2014-01
dc.identifier.issn	1403-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/34782
dc.description	JEL: H20, H50, J61	sv
dc.description.abstract	When Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007 Sweden was one of two EU15 countries that did not restrict access to its labor market and welfare systems for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens. This article evaluates the net fiscal contribution in 2011 of Romanian and Bulgarian migrants who arrived in Sweden under this migration regime in 2007-2010. The average net contribution is found to be substantially positive: around 30,000 kronor, or onesixth of public sector turnover per capita. This result is used to discuss expected corresponding net contributions in other EU15 countries, several of which lifted their restrictions on January 1st, 2014. The United Kingdom and Ireland stand out as two countries that unambiguously have reason to expect even more positive contributions.	sv
dc.format.extent	18	sv
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Papers in Economics	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	584	sv
dc.subject	immigration	sv
dc.subject	welfare benefits	sv
dc.subject	public finances	sv
dc.subject	Romania	sv
dc.subject	Bulgaria	sv
dc.subject	EU	sv
dc.title	The Fiscal Consequences of Unrestricted Immigration from Romania and Bulgaria	sv
dc.type	Text	sv
dc.type.svep	report	sv
dc.contributor.organization	Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg	sv