Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35659 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3999
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper outlines the importance of labor mobility for the improvement in allocating and distributing economic resources. We are faced with an increasing lack of skilled workers and a growing tendency of unemployment amongst the low-skilled. A central political objective for the future will not only be education policy but also the recruitment of high-skilled workers from international and European labor markets. Additional skilled labor increases well-being and reduces inequality. However, internal European barriers to mobility are difficult to break through. An improved transparency of the European labor market, a greater command of languages and a standardization of the social security system can strengthen mobility. The key to mobility is in promoting the integration of international workers in the European migration process, which can be strengthened through circular migration. The European blue card initiative and the opening of labor markets to foreign graduates who have been trained in Europe could set a new course.
Subjects: 
Migration
migration effects
EU Eastern enlargement
free movement of workers
JEL: 
F22
J15
J61
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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