Contents
| Preface | 4 |
| Summary | 6 |
| Introduction: Europe between record unemployment and skills shortages | 8 |
| How mobile is the European labour force? | 9 |
| Migration flows within the EU | 9 |
| The labour force in other EU countries | 11 |
| Why isn’t there more mobility within the EU? | 15 |
| Variables affecting the decision to migrate | 15 |
| Obstacles to migration between EU countries | 17 |
| How can labour mobility in the EU be increased? | 20 |
| What is the potential of the single European labour market? | 23 |
| Conclusion | 25 |
| Bibliography | 26 |
| Author | 27 |