Don’t Stop Me Now: Cross-Border Commuting in the Aftermath of Schengen-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Don’t Stop Me Now: Cross-Border Commuting in the Aftermath of Schengen

Published:2023-07-01 Issue:3 Volume:23 Page:761-806
ISSN:1935-1682
Container-title:The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
language:en
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Author:

Parenti Angela¹,Tealdi Cristina²³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Pisa , Via Ridolfi, 10, 56124 Pisa , Italy

2. Heriot-Watt University , EH10 4AS Edinburgh , UK

3. IZA Institute of Labor , Bonn , Germany

Abstract

Abstract A Single European Labour Market has not been achieved yet, despite strong efforts in promoting cross-country labour mobility. In this paper, we assess the effectiveness of one of the most important policies implemented to reach this goal: the Schengen Agreement. Using data from the European Labour Force Survey, we show that the individual probability to become a cross-border commuter after the entrance of Switzerland in the Schengen area increased by 0.5 and 4 percentage points among labour force individuals and inter-regional commuters, respectively. We also show evidence of a substantial redirection of internal inter-regional commuters to Swiss regions.

Funder

FP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions

University of Strathclyde

Heriot-Watt University

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous),Economics and Econometrics

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/bejeap-2022-0344/pdf

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