TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Dalmazzo, Alberto
AU  - Leombruni, Roberto
AU  - Razzolini, Tiziano
        TI  - Anticipation Effects of EU Accession on Immigrants' Labour Market Outcomes
        PY  - 2023/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16614
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16614
        AB  - Regulations in host countries often impose heavy limitations on the opportunities of migrant workers. Here, we analyse how (the anticipation of) a change in the legal status of foreign workers may affect their terms of employment. Building on a simple theoretical model, we consider a sample of non-EU immigrants in Italy over the period which led to the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the European Union in 2007. We find that the expectation of achieving EU citizenship increased Romanians' and Bulgarians' bargaining power over wages and job attributes, relative to other non-EU migrants, and also stimulated business venture.
        KW  - migration
KW  - labor market restrictions
KW  - EU accession
KW  - workplace safety
        ER  -