Labour mobility between the regions of the EU-27 and a comparison with the USA

This paper compares the labour mobility between states in the US and the regions of the EU at NUTS 2 level, introducing for the first time the regional dimension into the analysis of labour mobility in the EU. The main focus of this paper is the EU's internal labour mobility; however it also looks at the destination of working age populations moving to the US and the EU and the reasons that make EU working age residents move.