Cross-border migration and social mobility: regional dynamics as levers for upward social mobility?

Noame Khaldi and Mehdi Guelmamen

Working Papers of BETA from Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg

Abstract: The question of social mobility, particularly in deindustrialized regions, is a central issue in understanding contemporary economic and social dynamics. This article examines how regional contexts influence the social trajectories of workers. Using intergenerational mobility tables and an econometric strategy mobilizing a control function, we assess the impact of geographic and social origins on workers’ opportunities for upward social mobility. A combination of economic, geographic and social factors influences their upward social mobility. Geographic and crossborder mobility is a key factor in the upward social mobility of working-class people. These findings help to shed the light on the role of regional disparities and border mobility in structuring socioeconomic inequalities.

Keywords: Social mobility; geographic mobility; social classes; cross-border work. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A14 J21 J61 P51 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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