Press Release: Employment: report shows worker mobility key to tackle EU demographic and skills challenges

To address the effects of population ageing, the EU will need to close the gender gap and increase the participation of young and older workers in the labour market, but mobility and migration also have a key role to play. This was the main finding of the joint Commission-OECD report on Matching Economic Migration with Labour Market Needs published on the 18 September 2014.

The joint research project on Matching Economic Migration with Labour Market Needs has been carried out by the European Commission and the OECD over three years.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Labour mobility in the EU: challenges and perspectives for a genuine European labour market http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-labour-mobility-in-the-eu-challenges-and-perspectives-for-a-genuine-european-labour-market/

ESO: Background information: Free movement of workers: Commission welcomes Council adoption of Directive to improve enforcement of workers' rights http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-free-movement-of-workers-commission-welcomes-council-adoption-of-directive-to-improve-enforcement-of-workers-rights/

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