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Many firms in Germany are short of qualified workers, whereby East German regions are particularly affected because of the out-migration to West Germany after the reunification. This gives rise to an important debate for regional policy as the shortage of workers is a major challenge for each region and firm. In this context, out-commuters—workers...
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... good as in more prosperous regions. Currently, there is one in-commuter relative to approximately 4.5 out-commuters and thus, commuting flows are not balanced. In-commuters are usually not highly skilled, and interestingly, the proportion of youngsters is relatively higher. An overview of outcommuting flows to various destinations is provided in Fig. 1. For example, 17% of out-commuters from MV commute to Hamburg, while 10.1% work in ...
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