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European Labour Mobility: Challenges and Potentials

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Klaus Zimmermann

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European Union economies are pressed by (i) a demographic change that induces population ageing and a decline of the workforce, and (ii) a split labour market that is characterized by high levels of unemployment for low-skilled people and a simultaneous shortage of skilled workers. This lack of flexible high-skilled workers and the aging process has created the image of an immobile labour force and the eurosklerosis phenomenon. In such a situation, an economically motivated immigration policy at the European level can generate welfare improvements. A selective policy that discourages unskilled migrants and attracts skilled foreign workers will vitalize the labour market, foster growth and increase demand for unskilled native workers. The paper summarizes the available economic insights, and suggests (i) the need to harmonize the single-country migration policies across Europe and (ii) that the European Union needs to become an active player on the international labour markets by providing competitive institutional settings for European companies. Copyright Springer 2005

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Volume (Year): 153 (2005)
Issue (Month): 4 (December)
Pages: 425-450
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Keywords: integration policy; labour mobility; migration; migration policy; skilled unskilled migration; J61; J21; J68; J82; F22;

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  1. Faini, Riccardo & Galli, Giampaolo & Gennari, Pietro & Rossi, Fulvio, 1997. "An empirical puzzle: Falling migration and growing unemployment differentials among Italian regions," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 41(3-5), pages 571-579, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Zimmermann, Klaus F, 1995. "Tackling the European Migration Problems," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 9(2), pages 45-62, Spring. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Bauer, Thomas K. & Lofstrom, Magnus & Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2000. "Immigration Policy, Assimilation of Immigrants and Natives' Sentiments towards Immigrants: Evidence from 12 OECD-Countries," IZA Discussion Papers 187, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  4. Zimmermann, Klaus F., 1998. "German Job Mobility and Wages," IZA Discussion Papers 04, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  5. George J. Borjas, 1994. "The Economics of Immigration," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 32(4), pages 1667-1717, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Timothy J. Hatton, 2004. "Seeking asylum in Europe," Economic Policy, CEPR, CES, MSH, vol. 19(38), pages 5-62, 04. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  7. Maurice Obstfeld & Giovanni Peri, 1998. "Regional non-adjustment and fiscal policy," Economic Policy, CEPR, CES, MSH, vol. 13(26), pages 205-259, 04. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  8. Bauer, T. & Zimmermann, K., 1995. "Integrating the East: The Labor Market Effects of Immigration," Papers 5, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies-.
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  1. Luca Pieroni & Fabrizio Pompei, 2007. "Evaluating Innovation and Labour Market Relationships: The Case of Italy," Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia, Finanza e Statistica 28/2007, Università di Perugia, Dipartimento Economia, Finanza e Statistica. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Kahanec, Martin & Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2008. "International Migration, Ethnicity and Economic Inequality," IZA Discussion Papers 3450, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  3. Subhayu Bandyopadhyay & Howard J. Wall, 2007. "Is there too little immigration? an analysis of temporary skilled migration," Working Papers 2006-062, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Bernard Gazier, 2007. "“Making transitions pay” : The “Transitional labour markets” approach to “Flexicurity"," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-00186363_v1, HAL. [Downloadable!]
  5. Arne Uhlendorff & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2006. "Unemployment Dynamics among Migrants and Natives," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 617, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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  6. Zaiceva, Anzelika & Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2008. "Scale, Diversity, and Determinants of Labour Migration in Europe," IZA Discussion Papers 3595, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  7. Killian McCarthy & Frederik van Doorn & Brigitte Unger, 2008. "Globalisation, Tax Competition and the Harmonisation of Corporate Tax Rates in Europe: A Case of Killing the Patient to Cure the Disease?," Working Papers 08-13, Utrecht School of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  8. Klaus F. Zimmermann & Martin Kahanec & Amelie Constant & Don DeVoretz & Liliya Gataullina & Anzelika Zaiceva, 2008. "Study on the Social and Labour Market Integration of Ethnic Minorities," IZA Research Reports 16, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  9. Massimiliano Tani, 2006. "Head-content or Headcount? Short-term Skilled Labour Movements as a Source of Growth," IZA Discussion Papers 1934, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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