PEMINT: The political economy of migration in an integrating Europe

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 00.0401

Key words (English)

Migration; European Union; freedom of movement; services; bilateral agreements; Switzerland; GATS;
Economic Aspects; Scientific Research; Social Aspects

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: HPSE-CT-2001-00059

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 4.4 Life sciences for developing countries

Short description (English)

See abstract

Partners and International Organizations (English)

Coordinator: Centro de Estudos Sociais, University of Coimbra (P)

Abstract (English)

The PEMINT project's objective is to understand how decision-making processes concerning labour recruitment by national and multi-national firms lead to different outcomes in terms of labour mobility and international migration under the impact of different welfare provisions, fiscal systems, and regulatory frameworks. Despite the enhanced Europeanised resonance that free movement, welfare and fiscal systems have acquired, these systems remain strongly embedded in national political, institutional and social contexts, creating problems of 'incomplete European integration'.

The project's objectives can be organised under four headings:
.implications for labour recruitment;
.problems of incomplete European integration;
.individual agency and unexpected outcomes;
.the impact of emerging institutions of global governance.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 00.0401