(Un)Familiarity? Labor Related Cross-Border Mobility in Sønderjylland/Schleswig Since Denmark Joined the EC in 1973

Martin Klatt

Journal of Borderlands Studies, 2014, vol. 29, issue 3, 353-373

Abstract: This article presents an analysis of recent developments in labor-related mobility (cross-border commuting) in the Danish-German border region of Sønderjylland-Schleswig. The region had an integrated labor market, until today's German-Danish border was drawn in 1920, dividing the historic Duchy of Schleswig. Until Denmark joined the EC in 1973, the Danish-German border was practically closed to labor-related mobility. Since then, commuting remained at very low levels until the mid-2000s, even though unemployment figures north and south of the border developed unevenly, and two national minorities had strong social and cultural ties across the border. From about 2005-2008 there was a drastic increase in commuting from Germany to Denmark, while commuting in the other direction has remained at a very low level. Here, the article comes up with some explanations for this development using the concept of (Un)Familiarity as developed by Bas Spierings and Martin van der Velde.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2014.938968

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