Harnessing European Labour Mobility. Scenario analysis and policy recommendations

Summary:

The study “Harnessing European labour mobility” makes policy recommendations to foster cross-border labour mobility based on a scenario analysis for labour mobility in 2025. Despite a certain increase observed in the context of eastern enlargement after 2004, intra-EU labour mobility remains low in Europe in particular when compared to other regions of the world. Although a favourable legal framework for mobility has been established, mobile citizens still face a wide range of problems and obstacles that hamper cross-border labour mobility. Also, there is considerable scope to make existing labour mobility more efficient and beneficial for all parties involved. To help foster intra-EU mobility, the Harnessing European Labour Mobility (HELM) study presents 16 prioritised policy recommendations for the European Union, national governments, and other actors in the labour market. These policy recommendations were assessed and tested through a scenario analysis seeking to identify drivers and challenges for labour mobility in 2025. Through the input of a multi-disciplinary and pan-European advisory board, five scenarios for the future of EU labour mobility were developed. These scenarios provide a 360 degree analysis of the political, economic, social, cultural and technological factors that could impact labour mobility in Europe.

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