This paper examines the impact of governmental migration policies on the economy, with a specific focus on the role of integration policies in shaping labour market and entrepreneurship performance.
This paper examines the impact of governmental migration policies on the economy, with a specific focus on the role of integration policies in shaping labour market and entrepreneurship performance. Utilizing a mixed-method approach, we analyze migration integration strategies within labour markets through empirical analysis and a case study on entrepreneurship and highlight the importance of liberal political and economic institutions in promoting labour market mobility and facilitating integration.
Key findings demonstrate that political participation, along with access to education and health systems, are vital factors that positively correlate with effective labour market integration policies. Moreover, migrant entrepreneurship can significantly bolster the economy and enhance the social fabric of societies. Lastly, the paper provides policy insights to
improve the integration of migrants, fostering social betterment for migrants and host communities.
Ion Vallianos is a PhD candidate on EU sustainability policies at the University of Athens. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom where he studied History and Politics (BA Hons). He also holds an MA in international relations with an emphasis on the European Union (MSc European Union in a Global Order) from the University of Amsterdam. His academic research falls under the UNESCO Chair for Climate Diplomacy. He is a Junior
Research Fellow at the Institute of European Integration and Policy, where he is involved in research and educational programs.
Georgios Archontas is an Adjunct Professor in M.A. Postgraduate Program Institutions, Communication and European Integration at the European Communication Institute (ECI). He holds a PhD in political philosophy and economic theory from Panteion University, Athens. He has taught Institutional Theory, Media Theory, and Issues and Challenges of the Current Global Economy at the University of Peloponnese and the University of Athens. He is member of the Scientific Council of the Center for Liberal Studies – Markos Dragoumis (KEFiM).
Juan Pina holds a master’s degree in institutional communication. He’s been very much involved in Spanish politics as the founder and first chairperson of the Libertarian Party. Author of countless opinion articles and two published novels, his
essay book Una política para la Libertad (“A Policy for Liberty”) appeared in 2014. His later essay books are Adiós al Estado-nación (“Good-bye nation-state”) in 2019 and La décima cruzada (“The Tenth Crusade”) in 2023. The latter deals with the current rise of right-wing populism and how it threatens liberal democracy. For five years, Juan was editor in chief of Perfiles Liberales, a social sciences magazine with a classical liberal and libertarian perspective sponsored by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. Since 2015 he has been involved with the Foundation for the Advancement of Liberty as a Council member and as secretary to the Board of Trustees.
About KEFIM
The Center for Liberal Studies – Markos Dragoumis (KEFIM) is Greece’s foremost liberal, non-partisan, and independent think tank. It envisions Greece as a role model of economic and civil liberty that enables its citizens to pursue their dreams and aspirations. KEFIM’s mission is to increase individual and economic freedoms of Greeks through the promotion of liberal ideas and policy proposals. To that end, KEFIM generates research, media content, organizes events, that aim to influence the climate of ideas in Greece. Finally, KEFIM partakes in the international policy and ideological dialogue through its participation into the Atlas Network (USA), the EPICENTER Network (Belgium) and the European Liberal Forum (Belgium). It also partners on various projects with mission-aligned organizations such as the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (Germany), Timbro (Sweden), the Cato Institute (USA), the Foundation for Economic Education (USA), and the Institute of Economic Affairs (UK).
About FundalIb
The Foundation for the Advancement of Liberty (Fundalib) was born in 2015 to respond to the growing need to articulate libertarian public policies and a social and political dialogue that works within the framework of liberal democracy for greater autonomy and freedom of individuals and different organisations in which civil society is organised. Their mission is to promote the advancement of individual human freedom in all its aspects and the success of the organisations and entities that promote and defend it. Fundalib’s work cover pensions and taxation but also areas such as culture, justice, civil rights, international issues, and the organisation of politics.