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Labor Market Effects of Economic Integration: The Impact of Re-Unification in German Border Regions

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: This paper exploits the significant reduction in impediments to labor mobility in the process of German re-unification in order to identify labor supply shocks in the West German labor market. The focus is on the quasi-experiment of the border removal in the regions situated at the German-German border that faced a massive increase of cross-border labor supply. The results indicate that despite a gain in employment, the border removal was accompanied by a decline in wages and an increase in unemployment relative to other West German regions.

Source: German Economic Review

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2007.00417.x

Authors: Thiess Buettner, Johannes Rincke

Institutions: Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Language: English

Topic: German Economic Analysis & Policies

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3124227696

FWCI: 10.7

Cites: 49

Cited by: 78

Related to: 10