著者

本田 雅子

出版者

大阪産業大学

雑誌

大阪産業大学経済論集 (ISSN:13451448)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.17, no.1, pp.85-108, 2015-10

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Since the Euro Crisis in 2008, the labour market conditions of the Southern European EU member states have severely deteriorated, and their rate of unemployment has risen to over 25%. In contrast, Germany shows good economic performance and a low unemployment rate. This article examines how labour migration from the Southern European EU member states to Germany occurs in such an economic situation, and confirms the fact that the migration is not as large as expected for a single currency zone, compared with that from the new Central-Eastern EU member states. In relation to the context, this article also introduces an experimental effort by a city office to create a labour migration network between a German city and a Spanish city, and considers the importance of such an effort for EU integration.Since the Euro Crisis in 2008, the labour market conditions of the Southern European EU member states have severely deteriorated, and their rate of unemployment has risen to over 25%. In contrast, Germany shows good economic performance and a low unemployment rate. This article examines how labour migration from the Southern European EU member states to Germany occurs in such an economic situation, and confirms the fact that the migration is not as large as expected for a single currency zone, compared with that from the new Central-Eastern EU member states. In relation to the context, this article also introduces an experimental effort by a city office to create a labour migration network between a German city and a Spanish city, and considers the importance of such an effort for EU integration.