Free Movement of Workers and Labour Market Adjustment

Recent experiences from OECD countries and the European Union

Contents

Main findings

Part I. The development of free mobility areas

Chapter 1. Free labour mobility areas across OECD countries : an overview

Chapter 2. Free labour mobility and economic shocks : the experience of the crisis

Part II. The labour market impact of free mobility in Europe

Chapter 3. EU enlargement and Ireland's labour market

Chapter 4. The United Kingdom experience of post-enlargement worker inflows from new EU member countries

Chapter 5. Labour mobility from new EU member countries : the impact on Italy

Chapter 6. Central and Eastern European labour migration to Norway : trends, conditions and challenges

Chapter 7. Labour market impacts of post-accession migration from Poland

Part III. Matching labour supply and demand

Chapter 8. The EU workforce and future international migration

Chapter 9. Exploring conditions for EU growth given a shrinking force

Chapter 10. Changing demographic, educational and migration patterns in new EU member countries

Part IV. Regional experiences beyond the European Union

Chapter 11. Migration and bilateral agreements in the Commonwealth of Independent States

Chapter 12. Governing migration : public goods and private partnerships

Further reading

International Migration Outlook (2012)