Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/204175 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
wiiw Research Report No. 403
Publisher: 
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Vienna
Abstract: 
This paper presents a descriptive account of labour mobility across the EU economies. The focus of the paper is on different patterns between migrants ('foreign born') and natives with regard to mobility, exploring in particular the potential of migrants to 'grease the wheels' (Borjas, 2001) of labour markets by either themselves showing higher mobility rates or impacting on the mobility patterns of natives or existing migrants themselves. The main indicators examined are the gross mobility and net employment creation rates (GERR and NECR respectively) taken over from Davis and Haltiwanger (1992, 1999). This paper contains a descriptive assessment while a companion paper (Landesmann and Leitner, 2015) undertakes an econometric analysis of the determinants of mobility patterns. We differentiate between the EU-15 and the NMS-8 and further between sub-regions (OMS-North, OMS-South, NMS-Central, Baltics). We analyse differences in mobility patterns in OMS and NMS as regards age groups, skill groups, gender, length of job tenure, etc. Apart from overall labour market mobility we also examine inter-regional and inter-sectoral mobility. A second part of the analysis covers measures of 'job-skill (mis) matches', again with a focus of analysing differences between migrants and natives in this respect.
Subjects: 
labour mobility
European Union
worker flow analysis
employment reallocation
international migration
regional migration
labour turnover
job-skill mismatch
JEL: 
F22
J61
J62
J63
R23
Document Type: 
Research Report

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