CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AS OBSTACLES IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION PROCESS - A LABOUR MARKET PERSPECTIVE
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AS OBSTACLES IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION PROCESS - A LABOUR MARKET PERSPECTIVE

Summary/Abstract: In the context of the European Monetary Union, the efficient functioning of the EU labour market is a key factor to the Union’s economic health. Consequently, after bringing relevant arguments that support the absence of such an efficient labour market and the presence of economically inefficient intra-EU migration patterns, the paper proceeds in investigating the potential cultural elements that constitute obstacles to labour market efficiency by looking at how differences exhibited along several cultural dimensions affect both the decision whether or not to emigrate and the emigration destination.

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