Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Title: Crossing Borders: Labor Market Effects of European Integration
Author-Name: Hannah Illing
Author-Email: hannah.illing@uni-bonn.de
Classification-JEL: J61, J15, R23
Keywords: Out-Migration, In-Migration, Local Labor Markets

Abstract: This paper investigates an EU policy reform that granted Czech citizens full access to the
German labor market. Exploiting the fact that the reform specifically impacted the Czech
and German border regions, I use a matched difference-in-differences design to estimate local
labor markets effects in both countries. I show that the Czech border region experienced
a decline in unemployment rates and an increase in vacancies, while local labor markets in
Germany remained unaffected. Overall, my findings suggest that the Czech border region
faced labor shortages, while local labor markets in Germany were able to fully absorb the
migrant inflow.

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Length: 111
Creation-Date: 2023-02
Revision-Date: 2025-04
File-URL: https://www.crctr224.de/research/discussion-papers/archive/dp396
File-Format: application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:bon:boncrc:CRCTR224_2023_396v2