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

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

Author(s): Horațiu Sorin Dan
Subject(s): Supranational / Global Economy, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Facultatea de Studii Europene -Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai
Keywords: European integration process; Labour market; Intra-European migration; Cultural differences

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.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 76-96
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English
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