EU Labour Migration in Troubled Times

Dr Bela Galgóczi is a senior researcher at European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), Brussels, Belgium, Dr Janine Leschke is associate professor at the Department of Business and Politics at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Andrew Watt, formerly senior researcher at the European Trade Union Institute in Brussels, since 2012 Andrew Watt has been head of the Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) department of the Hans-Böckler Foundation.

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.

1: EU Labour Migration and Labour Markets in Troubled Times 1; I: Different Types of Cross-border Labour Mobility and Skills¿Job Mismatch; 2: Migration from the Accession Countries to the United Kingdom and Italy; 3: A Skill Mismatch for Migrant Workers? Evidence from WageIndicator Survey Data; 4: Educational Attainment and Education¿Job Mismatch of Cross-border Commuters in the EU; II: The Extent and Qualitative Characteristics of Migration and Return against the Background of Crisis and Recovery; 5: Return Migration to Poland in the Post-accession Period; 6: Selectivity of Migrants from Baltic Countries Before and After Enlargement and Responses to the Crisis; III: Policy Implications of, and Responses to, Cross-border Labour Mobility in the EU after 2004; 7: Supporting, Recruiting and Organising Migrant Workers in Ireland and the United Kingdom; 8: Migrant Workers and Wage-setting Institutions; 9: Importing Skills