Cross-border labour in the Greater Region Saar-Lor-Lux: Evolutions and effects on the status of the workers and on regional economic and social development

• Authors: Rachid Belkacem , Isabelle Pigeron-Piroth
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The Greater Region Saar-Lor-Lux is a cross-border geographic space constituted by two German regions (Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate), one French region (Lorraine), one Belgian region (Wallonia) and a country (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg). Inside this area situated in the centre of the European Union, new dynamics of employment are observed, especially with the development of cross-border labour: more and more people live and work in two different countries. Cross-border labour and its different forms have both positive and negative effects on regional labour markets and more generally, on the economic and social development of these border regions.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Forum Socjologiczne
• Year: 2015
• Volume: Special Issue 1: Social boundaries and meanings of work in the 21st-century capitalism
• Pages: 241 - 254

Contributors

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Rachid Belkacem

• University of Lorraine

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Isabelle Pigeron-Piroth

• University of Luxembourg