CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Smigiel, Joanna Halina |
|---|---|
| Title | Free movement of workers in the European Union. Obstacles to EU labor mobility and possibilities to overcome them |
| Summary | Free movement of workers, as a significant element of the acquis of the freedom of movement for persons next to the free movement of goods, services and capital, is one of the four main economic freedoms of the European Union. The right to move freely is linked to both market integration and to the rights represented by the status of EU citizenship. The main puzzle in the field of free movement of workers within the EU and the research question of this thesis is why, despite the fact that there has been significant progress in overall political integration of the EU and the development of legal framework guaranteeing free movement of workers, overall intra-European mobility is still low? Existence of number of legal, administrative, cultural and behavioral barriers to labor mobility which make the personal decision to move abroad difficult for EU citizens and therefore limit EU mobility are the core findings of this thesis. Furthermore, these obstacles lead to limitations in exercising rights guaranteed by the European citizenship. Contribution of my research is presenting innovative mobility instrument called “one-stop mobility shop” for migrants which by significantly improving the situation of EU labor migrants in their host community can overcome certain barriers to mobility and consequently help enhancing labor mobility among EU citizens. |
| Supervisor | Puetter, Uwe |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/smigiel_joanna.pdf |
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