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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bettin, Giulia
• Tijdens, Kea
• Klaveren, Maarten van
• Huber, Peter
• Anacka, Marta
• Fihel, Agnieszka
• Hazans, Mihails
• Heyes, Jason
• Hyland, Mary
• Eldring, Line
• Schulten, Thorsten
• Korpi, Tomas
• Galgoczi, Bela
• Leschke, Janine
• Watt, Andrew

Titel

EU labour migration in troubled times: Skills mismatch, return and policy responses

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

Farnham: Ashgate

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The debate on the free movement of labour within the EU has gained new momentum in the wake of the economic crisis. Building on the earlier Ashgate publication EU Labour Migration Since Enlargement, the editors have assembled a team of experts from across Europe to shed light on the critical issues raised by internal labour mobility within the EU in the context of economic crisis and labour market pressures. The book's chapters tease out the links between economic developments, regulatory frameworks and migration patterns in different European countries. A central focus is on issues of skills and skills mismatch and how they relate to migration forms, duration and individual decisions to stay or return. Based on detailed analysis of European and national-level sources, the results presented clearly contradict assumptions about a 'knowledge driven migration'. Rather, over-qualification and the corresponding underutilisation of migrant workers' skills emerge as a pervasive phenomenon. At the same time the characteristics of migrants - not just skills, but socio-demographic characteristics and attitudes - and also their labour market integration are shown to be very diverse and to vary substantially between different sending and receiving countries. This calls for a differentiated analysis and raises complex issues for policymakers. Examples where policy has contributed to positive outcomes for both migrants and domestic workforces are identified. (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku) . Contents: Béla Galgóczi, Janine Leschke, Andrew Watt: EU labour migration and labour markets in troubled times (1-44); Part I: Different types of cross-border labour mobility and skills-job mismatch: Giulia Bettin: Migration from the accession countries to the United Kingdom and Italy - socio-economic characteristics, skills composition and labour market outcomes (47-79); Kea Tijdens, Maarten van Klaveren: A skill mismatch for migrant workers? - evidence from wage-indicator survey data (81-107); Peter Huber: Educational attainment and education-job mismatch of crossborder commuters in the EU (109-139); Part II: The extent and qualitative characteristics of migration and return against the background of crisis and recovery: Marta Anacka, Agnieszka Fihel: Return migration to poland in the post-accession period (143-167); Mihails Hazans: Selectivity of migrants from Baltic countries before and after enlargement and responses to the crisis (169-208); Part III: Policy implications of, and responses to, cross-border labour mobility in the EU after 2004: Jason Heyes, Mary Hyland: Supporting, recruiting and organising migrant workers in Ireland and the United Kingdom - a review of trade union practices (211-234); Line Eldring, Thorsten Schulten: Migrant workers and wage-setting institutions - experiences from Germany, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (235-260); Tomas Korpi: Importing skills - migration policy, generic skills and earnings among immigrants in Australasia, Europe and North America (261-283)."