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Cross-border labour mobility decisions: The effect of complementarities in local labour markets

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  • Camille Dumeignil

    (IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc)

  • Jean-Yves Lesueur

    (GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon - Saint-Etienne - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Mareva Sabatier

    (IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc)

Abstract

This article analyzes the effects of complementarities in local and foreign labour markets on cross-border mobility decision. The empirical analysis based on a French dataset compares labour mobility to Luxembourg and mobility to Switzerland. Econometric results conclude to large differences in determinants of cross-border mobility decisions whether the scale and the type of complementarities in local labour markets.

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  • Camille Dumeignil & Jean-Yves Lesueur & Mareva Sabatier, 2021. "Cross-border labour mobility decisions: The effect of complementarities in local labour markets," Post-Print halshs-03978234, HAL.
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