ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the ageing population phenomena in the European Union (EU) within the framework of labour mobilization. The ageing population phenomenon and its altering effects in organizations such as the EU can be solved by dealing with the myopic viewpoint of politicians. An ageing population threatens economic growth in two ways. An ageing population decreases the extent of labour as a production factor while having negative effects on economic growth due to decreasing total demand and in parallel with decreasing investments. The globalization of international labour migration appears in two ways. Firstly, all countries now engage in migrant systems that are growing in size and complexity and producing an increasing diversity of flows. Secondly, many processes that create and drive these systems operate on a worldwide basis, with the consequence of economic globalization, capital mobility, the activities of international business corporation and the widespread realization by governments that human resources can be traded for profit like any other resource.
