Eurostat/4% of EU citizens of working age live in another/EU Member State
3.8% of European Union (EU) citizens of working age (20-64) were residing in another Member State than that of their citizenship in 2017. This share has increased from 2.5% ten years ago. The situation varies among Member States, ranging from 1.0% for working age citizens of Germany to 19.7% for citizens of Romania. Tertiary graduates are generally more mobile than the rest of the population. 32.4% of mobile EU citizens have tertiary education, while the share for the entire EU population is 30.1%. The employment rate of mobile EU citizens is also higher than that of the entire population: 76.1%, compared with the total EU employment rate of 72.1%. These findings come from a publication issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. The free movement of workers is a fundamental principle of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. EU citizens are entitled to look for a job in another EU country, work there without a work permit, live there and enjoy equal treatment with nationals in access to employment, working conditions and all other social and tax advantages.
Relevant Posts
- Sotiria Theodoropoulou, (2018), «Labour market policies in the era of pervasive austerity. A European perspective», policy press
- Neumark, David, (2017), «Promising ideas for future research on the employment effects of minimum wages», VoxEU, 9 October