PŘESHRANIČNÍ DOJÍŽĎKA ZA PRACÍ Z ČR DO NĚMECKA
CROSS-BORDER COMMUTING TO WORK FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO GERMANY

Author(s): VÁCLAV NOVÁK
Subject(s): Labor relations, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: labor market; commuting to work; Czech-German borderland;
Summary/Abstract: The contribution analyzes the development of cross-border commuting to work from the Czech Republic to Germany in the context of the situation on the Czech labor market. Employment policy is one of the most important policies of the Government of the Czech Republic. It solves current problems on the Czech labor market. However, it does not reflect the issue of cross-border movement of labor force from the Czech Republic abroad. The question therefore arises whether commuting to the German border is only a marginal task. Or whether it is a escalating phenomenon with the potential to significantly threaten the labor market of the source country. For the analysis, secondary data on employment obtained according to the united methodology of Eurostat was used. It was therefore possible to compare data in a cross-border geographical area. Data from the Federal Labor Office on commuting to work do not include self-employed persons. This methodological insufficiency does not affect the results of the analysis. The volume of cross-border commuting for work from the Czech Republic to Germany has increased several times over the last decade. It is clear that it affects the situation on the regional labor markets of the Czech border regions. There is a potential for continuous dynamic development, to which the Czech employment policy should respond.

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