S41-S3 Drivers of interregional migration: new insights on the role of local labour markets, human capital, personality and (family) networks
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Special Session
| Wednesday, August 28, 2019 |
| 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM |
| IUT_Room 201 |
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Convenor(s): Bianca Biagi, Viktor Venhorst, Stephan Brunow / Chair: Stephan Brunow
Speaker
Prof. Angela Parenti
Associate Professor
Università di Pisa
Does the implementation of the Schengen agreement boost cross-border commuting? Evidence from Switzerland
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Angela Parenti (p), Cristina Tealdi
Discussant for this paper
Stephan Brunow
Abstract
In this paper we study the effects of Switzerland implementing the Schengen agreement
on cross-border commuting from regions of neighbouring countries. As vehicles
are allowed to cross borders without stopping and residents in border areas are granted
freedom to cross borders away from fixed checkpoints, commuting costs are severely
reduced. Using data from the European Labour Force Survey, we estimate that the individual
probability to cross-border commute to Switzerland in response to this policy
has increased by a factor in the range between 3 and 6 percentage points, according to
different model specifications. Our result is particularly important due the meaningful
policy implications, in a time in which the Schengen agreement is under scrutiny and
at risk of termination.
on cross-border commuting from regions of neighbouring countries. As vehicles
are allowed to cross borders without stopping and residents in border areas are granted
freedom to cross borders away from fixed checkpoints, commuting costs are severely
reduced. Using data from the European Labour Force Survey, we estimate that the individual
probability to cross-border commute to Switzerland in response to this policy
has increased by a factor in the range between 3 and 6 percentage points, according to
different model specifications. Our result is particularly important due the meaningful
policy implications, in a time in which the Schengen agreement is under scrutiny and
at risk of termination.
Prof. Stephan Brunow
Associate Professor
University of Applied Labour Studies
Do wages of foreigners react more sensitive to unemployment?
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Stephan Brunow (p), Oskar Jost , Mark Partridge
Discussant for this paper
Angela Parenti
Abstract
Germany will suffer a serious population decline in future when there is no immigration. The integration of foreigners into the labour market is inevitable to reduce negative consequences of the population decline. This paper therefore analyses the wage differential between foreign and native employees in Germany depending on the regional, occupational unemployment ratio as one integration related variable. If wages of foreigners react to changes in unemployment similar as the Germans’ wage change, then no specific policy implications for the integration process result.
Our preliminary results indicate that a change in the unemployed to employed ratio within an occupation and region leads to the same change in wages for all Germans and foreigners, indicating that here no specific integration problem emerges. However, a change in the composition of the unemployed depending on the proportion of University degree holders and long-term unemployed affects wages differently between all three groups.
Our preliminary results indicate that a change in the unemployed to employed ratio within an occupation and region leads to the same change in wages for all Germans and foreigners, indicating that here no specific integration problem emerges. However, a change in the composition of the unemployed depending on the proportion of University degree holders and long-term unemployed affects wages differently between all three groups.
