TY - BOOK AU - Hansen,Peo TI - A modern migration theory: an alternative economic approach to failed EU policy T2 - Comparative political economy SN - 9781788210560 AV - JV7590 .M634 2021 KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Economic aspects KW - Electronic Books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; More than a problem of neoliberalism; 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3190799&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -