Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit in der Europäischen Union - Konsequenzen für den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt

Abstract

"In its statement on the petitions filed by the Social Democrats' (SPD) and the Left (Die Linke) parliamentary parties on the liberalisation of labour mobility in the European Union, coming into effect on 1st May 2011, the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) addresses, firstly, the consequences of an asymmetric implementation of transition periods, the problem of predicting flows of migration, and the estimation of labour market effects of migration. In general, projections of immigration are subject to considerable uncertainty, which is inter alia due to possible redirection of flows of migration. The same holds for qualification levels of future migrants. Estimating the labour market impact of migration therefore requires a bundle of assumptions that can be only in part based on empirical evidence. The IAB indeed agrees to the SPD petition's assessment that full labour mobility has not created particular labour market distortions in those countries that have already opened their labour markets. However, it cannot yet be assessed scientifically whether this can be assigned to clear regulation of wages and working conditions.<br> In the second part of this statement, the IAB comments on claims of the SPD and Die Linke parliamentary groups for the introduction of minimum wages and for an application of the principle of "equal wage for equal work in equal places" also, in particular, to the temporary work sector.<br> In the light of expectable flows of migration, the IAB recommends a monitoring of the effects of free labour mobility." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Baas, T., Jahn, E., König, M., Möller, J. & Ziegler, K. (2011): Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit in der Europäischen Union - Konsequenzen für den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt. Öffentliche Anhörung von Sachverständigen vor dem Ausschuss für Arbeit und Soziales des Deutschen Bundestags am 4. April 2011. (IAB-Stellungnahme 04/2011), Nürnberg, 17 p.