Martin Kahanec
Biographic Data
| ID | 883833 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Kahanec |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Kahanec |
| SIGNATURE | KAHANEC M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central European University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4397-3083 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Between Control and Invisibility: Platform Workers and the Limits of Protection in Poland and Slovakia
Platform work has become a growing, yet largely invisible, component of labor markets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), offering income opportunities but also reinforcing precarity, informality, and exclusion especially for migrant and low-income workers. This article examines how national stakeholders in Poland and Slovakia respond to the Platform Work Directive of the European Union (EU), which aims at improving working conditions in the dig…
Decision tree insights into spatial and temporal patterns of convergence in EU labour markets
This study aims to enhance our understanding of convergence patterns within the European Union by analyzing labour market efficiency (LME) indicators across 258 NUTS2 level regions from 25 EU countries. Utilizing advanced statistical methods based on decision trees, we investigate whether the data reveal groups of NUTS2 regions that exhibit shared patterns of convergence, divergence or structural similarities. Our methodological innovation lies i…
The impact of immigration and integration policies on immigrant-native labour market hierarchies
Across European Union (EU) labor markets, immigrant and native populations exhibit disparate labor market outcomes, signifying widespread labor market hierarchies. Despite the considerable investment in migration and integration policies, it remains unclear whether these contribute to or alleviate labor market hierarchies between natives and immigrants. Using a longitudinal model based on individual-level EU LFS and country-level DEMIG POLICY and…
Industrial relations and unemployment benefit schemes in the Visegrad countries during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic and technological adjustment increased the risk of unemployment, underemployment and skills mismatch across Europe. These increased risks highlighted the importance of national unemployment benefit schemes for income security. This article examines the role of industrial relations in shaping unemployment benefit regimes in the Visegrad countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. We adopted an actor-orien…
The Exclusion of Immigrants from Welfare Programs: Cross-National Analysis and Contemporary Developments
Eastward enlargements of the European Union, transitional arrangements and self-employment
When the European Union expanded eastward in 2004 and 2007 to accession the so-called EU8 and EU2 countries, respectively, the incumbent member states imposed temporary restrictions on the employment of EU8 and EU2 nationals. Self-employed individuals were exempted from these transitional arrangements, prompting concerns that self-employment could be used as a means to evade the restrictions on labour market access. If the transitional arrangemen…
What explains immigrant–native gaps in European labor markets: The role of institutions
The understanding of how institutional and policy contexts affect immigrant integration is essential for any effort to foster a sustainable and effective migration and integration policy framework. Immigrant–native labor market gaps may arise not only due to differences in human capital or other socio-economic and demographic characteristics, but also due to differentiated impacts of institutions and policies on otherwise similar immigrants and n…
The impact of repeated mass antigen testing for Covid-19 on the prevalence of the disease
In the absence of effective vaccination, mass testing and quarantining of positive cases and their contacts could help to mitigate pandemics and allow economies to stay open. We investigate the effects of repeated mass testing on the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, using data from the first ever nationwide rapid antigen testing implemented in Slovakia in autumn 2020. After the first round of testing, only districts above an ex a…
Can a voluntary web survey be useful beyond explorative research
In this paper, we compare the estimates of earnings determinants based on the non-probabilistic WageIndicator web survey with those based on the widely used, representative EU Study of Income and Living Conditions survey. Using 10 years of Dutch data, we show that there exists an established segment of predominantly junior workers from which the respondents of the WageIndicator survey are disproportionally drawn. In consequence, the composition o…
Projections of potential flows to the enlarging EU from Ukraine, Croatia and other Eastern neighbors
This study evaluates potential migration flows to the European Union from its Eastern neighbors and Croatia. We perform out-of-sample forecasts to time series cross-sectional data about post-enlargement migration flows following the EU’s 2004 enlargement. We consider two baseline policy scenarios, with and without accession of sending countries to the EU. Our results show that migration flows are driven by migration costs and economic conditions,…
How skilled immigration may improve economic equality
Mobile workers involve flows of labor and human capital and contribute to a moreefficient allocation of resources. However, migration also changes relative wages,alters the distribution of skills and affects equality in the receiving society. Thepaper suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advancedeconomies under standard conditions. This is discussed and theoretically derived in acore model, and empirically supported usi…
Skilled Labor Flows: Lessons from the European Union
This study evaluates European Union (EU) \n experience of the mobility of skilled labor migrants after \n the 2004 and 2007 EU enlargements and from the European \n Neighborhood Policy (ENP) countries. The study concludes \n that migration generally improves the allocated efficiency \n of labor markets and there is little if any evidence of \n statistically significant or economically relevant negative \n aggregate effects of migration on receivi…
The working hours of immigrants in Germany: Temporary Versus Permanent
Migration is often viewed as an investment decision. Temporary migrants can be expected to invest less in accumulating human capital specific to the host country. Instead, they work more hours in order to accumulate savings and invest in financial capital that can be transferred back to their country of origin upon return. In this paper, using German panel data, we explore how temporary migrants differ from permanent migrants in their labor suppl…
International Migration, Ethnicity, and Economic Inequality
While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic situation of the sending countries through remittances and rise the economic performance of natives and of capital in the host country through complement…
EU Labor Markets After Post-Enlargement Migration
Political Economy of Immigration in Germany: Attitudes and Citizenship Aspirations
This paper examines resident foreigners’ interest in German citizenship. We use a unique data set from a survey of foreign residents in the German states to study the roles played by factors such as attitudes towards foreigners and political interest of foreigners. We find that negative attitudes towards foreigners and generational conflict within foreigner families are significant negative factors. While interest in political participation is am…
The impact of immigration and integration policies on immigrant-native labour market hierarchies
Across European Union (EU) labor markets, immigrant and native populations exhibit disparate labor market outcomes, signifying widespread labor market hierarchies. Despite the considerable investment in migration and integration policies, it remains unclear whether these contribute to or alleviate labor market hierarchies between natives and immigrants. Using a longitudinal model based on individual-level EU LFS and country-level DEMIG POLICY and…
What explains immigrant–native gaps in European labor markets: The role of institutions
The understanding of how institutional and policy contexts affect immigrant integration is essential for any effort to foster a sustainable and effective migration and integration policy framework. Immigrant–native labor market gaps may arise not only due to differences in human capital or other socio-economic and demographic characteristics, but also due to differentiated impacts of institutions and policies on otherwise similar immigrants and n…
Political Economy of Immigration in Germany: Attitudes and Citizenship Aspirations
This paper examines resident foreigners’ interest in German citizenship. We use a unique data set from a survey of foreign residents in the German states to study the roles played by factors such as attitudes towards foreigners and political interest of foreigners. We find that negative attitudes towards foreigners and generational conflict within foreigner families are significant negative factors. While interest in political participation is am…
The working hours of immigrants in Germany: Temporary Versus Permanent
Migration is often viewed as an investment decision. Temporary migrants can be expected to invest less in accumulating human capital specific to the host country. Instead, they work more hours in order to accumulate savings and invest in financial capital that can be transferred back to their country of origin upon return. In this paper, using German panel data, we explore how temporary migrants differ from permanent migrants in their labor suppl…
Can a voluntary web survey be useful beyond explorative research
In this paper, we compare the estimates of earnings determinants based on the non-probabilistic WageIndicator web survey with those based on the widely used, representative EU Study of Income and Living Conditions survey. Using 10 years of Dutch data, we show that there exists an established segment of predominantly junior workers from which the respondents of the WageIndicator survey are disproportionally drawn. In consequence, the composition o…
Eastward enlargements of the European Union, transitional arrangements and self-employment
When the European Union expanded eastward in 2004 and 2007 to accession the so-called EU8 and EU2 countries, respectively, the incumbent member states imposed temporary restrictions on the employment of EU8 and EU2 nationals. Self-employed individuals were exempted from these transitional arrangements, prompting concerns that self-employment could be used as a means to evade the restrictions on labour market access. If the transitional arrangemen…
Political Economy of Immigration in Germany: Attitudes and Citizenship Aspirations
This paper examines resident foreigners’ interest in German citizenship. We use a unique data set from a survey of foreign residents in the German states to study the roles played by factors such as attitudes towards foreigners and political interest of foreigners. We find that negative attitudes towards foreigners and generational conflict within foreigner families are significant negative factors. While interest in political participation is am…
EU Labor Markets After Post-Enlargement Migration
International Migration, Ethnicity, and Economic Inequality
While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic situation of the sending countries through remittances and rise the economic performance of natives and of capital in the host country through complement…
Skilled Labor Flows: Lessons from the European Union
This study evaluates European Union (EU) \n experience of the mobility of skilled labor migrants after \n the 2004 and 2007 EU enlargements and from the European \n Neighborhood Policy (ENP) countries. The study concludes \n that migration generally improves the allocated efficiency \n of labor markets and there is little if any evidence of \n statistically significant or economically relevant negative \n aggregate effects of migration on receivi…
The working hours of immigrants in Germany: Temporary Versus Permanent
Migration is often viewed as an investment decision. Temporary migrants can be expected to invest less in accumulating human capital specific to the host country. Instead, they work more hours in order to accumulate savings and invest in financial capital that can be transferred back to their country of origin upon return. In this paper, using German panel data, we explore how temporary migrants differ from permanent migrants in their labor suppl…
How skilled immigration may improve economic equality
Mobile workers involve flows of labor and human capital and contribute to a moreefficient allocation of resources. However, migration also changes relative wages,alters the distribution of skills and affects equality in the receiving society. Thepaper suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advancedeconomies under standard conditions. This is discussed and theoretically derived in acore model, and empirically supported usi…
Projections of potential flows to the enlarging EU from Ukraine, Croatia and other Eastern neighbors
This study evaluates potential migration flows to the European Union from its Eastern neighbors and Croatia. We perform out-of-sample forecasts to time series cross-sectional data about post-enlargement migration flows following the EU’s 2004 enlargement. We consider two baseline policy scenarios, with and without accession of sending countries to the EU. Our results show that migration flows are driven by migration costs and economic conditions,…
Can a voluntary web survey be useful beyond explorative research
In this paper, we compare the estimates of earnings determinants based on the non-probabilistic WageIndicator web survey with those based on the widely used, representative EU Study of Income and Living Conditions survey. Using 10 years of Dutch data, we show that there exists an established segment of predominantly junior workers from which the respondents of the WageIndicator survey are disproportionally drawn. In consequence, the composition o…
What explains immigrant–native gaps in European labor markets: The role of institutions
The understanding of how institutional and policy contexts affect immigrant integration is essential for any effort to foster a sustainable and effective migration and integration policy framework. Immigrant–native labor market gaps may arise not only due to differences in human capital or other socio-economic and demographic characteristics, but also due to differentiated impacts of institutions and policies on otherwise similar immigrants and n…
The impact of repeated mass antigen testing for Covid-19 on the prevalence of the disease
In the absence of effective vaccination, mass testing and quarantining of positive cases and their contacts could help to mitigate pandemics and allow economies to stay open. We investigate the effects of repeated mass testing on the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, using data from the first ever nationwide rapid antigen testing implemented in Slovakia in autumn 2020. After the first round of testing, only districts above an ex a…
Industrial relations and unemployment benefit schemes in the Visegrad countries during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic and technological adjustment increased the risk of unemployment, underemployment and skills mismatch across Europe. These increased risks highlighted the importance of national unemployment benefit schemes for income security. This article examines the role of industrial relations in shaping unemployment benefit regimes in the Visegrad countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. We adopted an actor-orien…
The Exclusion of Immigrants from Welfare Programs: Cross-National Analysis and Contemporary Developments
Eastward enlargements of the European Union, transitional arrangements and self-employment
When the European Union expanded eastward in 2004 and 2007 to accession the so-called EU8 and EU2 countries, respectively, the incumbent member states imposed temporary restrictions on the employment of EU8 and EU2 nationals. Self-employed individuals were exempted from these transitional arrangements, prompting concerns that self-employment could be used as a means to evade the restrictions on labour market access. If the transitional arrangemen…
The impact of immigration and integration policies on immigrant-native labour market hierarchies
Across European Union (EU) labor markets, immigrant and native populations exhibit disparate labor market outcomes, signifying widespread labor market hierarchies. Despite the considerable investment in migration and integration policies, it remains unclear whether these contribute to or alleviate labor market hierarchies between natives and immigrants. Using a longitudinal model based on individual-level EU LFS and country-level DEMIG POLICY and…
Decision tree insights into spatial and temporal patterns of convergence in EU labour markets
This study aims to enhance our understanding of convergence patterns within the European Union by analyzing labour market efficiency (LME) indicators across 258 NUTS2 level regions from 25 EU countries. Utilizing advanced statistical methods based on decision trees, we investigate whether the data reveal groups of NUTS2 regions that exhibit shared patterns of convergence, divergence or structural similarities. Our methodological innovation lies i…
Between Control and Invisibility: Platform Workers and the Limits of Protection in Poland and Slovakia
Platform work has become a growing, yet largely invisible, component of labor markets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), offering income opportunities but also reinforcing precarity, informality, and exclusion especially for migrant and low-income workers. This article examines how national stakeholders in Poland and Slovakia respond to the Platform Work Directive of the European Union (EU), which aims at improving working conditions in the dig…
Economics (13 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Demographic economics (9 works) · Immigration (8 works) · Labour economics (8 works) · European union (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · International economics (5 works)