The Year of Workers’ Mobility

  1. Mike Ingham1,*,
  2. Hilary Ingham2,*

Article first published online: 1 NOV 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2006.00427.x

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Industrial Relations Journal

Industrial Relations Journal

Volume 37, Issue 6, pages 667–686, November 2006

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Ingham, M. and Ingham, H. (2006), The Year of Workers’ Mobility. Industrial Relations Journal, 37: 667–686. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2006.00427.x

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  1. 1

    Ansdell Consulting

  2. 2

    Lancaster University

* Mike Ingham is Principal, Ansdell Consulting. Hilary Ingham is Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University. should be addressed to Dr Hilary Ingham, Department of Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YX, UK; email: h.ingham@lancaster.ac.uk

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  1. Issue published online: 1 NOV 2006
  2. Article first published online: 1 NOV 2006

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ABSTRACT

The year 2006 is the European Year of Workers’ Mobility. This article seeks to assess how effective such a designation might be in the context of the problems that currently confront the EU. While it finds that the underlying potential is significant, the reality is that the year has been framed more with political than with social and economic goals to the fore and the result is a disappointment.

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