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The world is becoming more interconnected, with an acceleration in the movement of information, capital, goods, services and people across international borders. As it becomes easier to travel and work in other countries – especially in common market areas such as the European Union – the expansion of international labour mobility has become a topic of growing policy importance. International labour mobility cuts across economic, social and demographic domains, creating a need to harmonize the concepts that underpin its measurement, to develop country practices, and to improve comparability of international statistics on the topic. This publication, developed by a task force of experts from national statistical offices, provides an overview of the ways that international labour mobility is measured. Four case studies, from Israel, Italy, Mexico and Norway, provide more detail on labour mobility in specific national contexts. The publication recommends principles of best practice for measuring international labour mobility, and proposes areas for future development. The publication is designed to guide national statistical offices and other producers of migration statistics, while also offering users an insight into the production of the migration statistics they use.

The aim of this article is to develop an analytical framework which contributes to the understanding of mobility regulation. While most literature focuses on international efforts to control migration the perspective is widened by looking at mobility, encompassing short-term cross border movements for the purpose of travel and labor. Regulatory modes are specified and described ranging from more binding bi- and multilateral agreements to less binding governmental networks. Little attention has been paid to the latter modes which increasingly define state to state cooperation. Since mobility regulation on the global level is in a nascent stage, regulatory modes are assessed within regional economical integration movements such as the EU and NAFTA. Mobility regulation within the two blocs differs greatly; within the EU framework freedom of movement and establishment has been achieved while travel and labor in the North American context are mostly regulated in the respective national realms. Still, forms of cooperation on mobility have been established in both cases with similar functions: the socialization of officials into trusting each other.

Accepted manuscript version. Published version at http://doi.org/10.1257/mic.20130055 . ; We study the role of intergroup mobility in the emergence of conflict. Two groups compete for the right to allocate society's resources. We allow for costly intergroup mobility. The winning group offers an allocation, which the opposition can accept or reject, and wage conflict. Agents can also switch group membership. Expropriating a large share of resources increases political strength by attracting opposition members, but implies a higher threat of conflict. Our main finding is that the possibility of intergroup mobility affects the likelihood of conflict in a nonmonotonic way. Open conflict can arise at intermediate costs of mobility. (JEL D71, D72, D74)