TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Illing, Hannah
        TI  - Crossing Borders: Labor Market Effects of European Integration
        PY  - 2023/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15930
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15930
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - in-migration
KW  - out-migration
KW  - local labor markets
        ER  -