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

Angela Parenti; Cristina Tealdi

doi:10.1515/bejeap-2022-0344

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

Angela Parenti, Cristina Tealdi

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	761-806
Number of pages	46
Journal	The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
Volume	23
Issue number	3
Early online date	25 Jul 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2022-0344
Publication status	Published - Jul 2023

Keywords

Switzerland
commuting costs
difference in differences
labour mobility
policy change

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Economics and Econometrics
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

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