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1. Objectives of the study :
   
   The objectives of the Study are two-fold :
    - to analyze the key labour market determinants of migration flows from selected Arab Mediterranean Countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia and the Occupied Palestinian Territories), with a particular emphasis on demographic pressures, wage differentials and relative income disparities with the EU, employment policies, labour market flexibility and unemployment rates; this analysis includes the impact of migration on the labour markets of Arab Mediterranean Country (AMCs) labour markets; 
    - to propose a series of specific recommendations to improve the design of the EU’s migration policies towards AMCs and policy options available to them for the management of mismatches between labour supply and demand.

Team of Experts for the Study :

 
  Philippe Fargues, Migration Programme Director, RSCAS-EUI

  Iván Martín, Project Coordinator, RSCAS-EUI, and ICEI, Spain

  Samir Aita, General Manager, A Concept Mafhoum

  Rafik Bouklia-Hassane, Université d’Oran, Algeria

  Jad Chaaban, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

  Brahim El-Mouaatamid, Research Assistant, CARIM Project, EUI-RSCAS

  Thoraya El-Rayyes, ILO Arab States Regional Office, Jordan

  Tamirace Fakhoury, Research Assistant, CARIM Project, EUI-RSCAS

  Larabi Jaidi, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, Morocco

  Nathalie Jouant, Research Assistant, CARIM Project, EUI-RSCAS

  Mustafa Khawaja, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Palestine

  Azzam Mahjoub, Université de Tunis, Tunisia

  Francesca Marchetta, University of Florence

  Mohammad Omari, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Palestine

  Ibrahim Saif, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Middle East Centre

  Fatiha Talahite, CNRS, Université Paris 13 Nord, France

  Alessandra Venturini, Executive Director, CARIM, EUI, and Universitá de Torino

  Jackline Wahba, University of Southampton, UK

Executive summary : 

  LMM-ExecutiveSummary.pdf