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BORDERS AND UNFAMILIARITY: MOBILITY IN EUROPE Martin van der Velde

BORDERS AND UNFAMILIARITY: MOBILITY IN EUROPE Martin van der Velde Nijmegen Centre for Border Research Nijmegen School of Management Radboud University Nijmegen PO Box 9108 6500 HK Nijmegen the Netherlands E-mail: M.vanderVelde@ru.nl. Outline Introduction: communicating …

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BORDERS AND UNFAMILIARITY: MOBILITY IN EUROPE Martin van der Velde

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  1. BORDERS AND UNFAMILIARITY: MOBILITY IN EUROPE Martin van der Velde Nijmegen Centre for Border Research Nijmegen School of Management Radboud University Nijmegen PO Box 9108 6500 HK Nijmegen the Netherlands E-mail: M.vanderVelde@ru.nl

  2. Outline • Introduction: communicating … • … the not so common ‘what’ • … to ‘who’ • Actual cross-border mobility • Unfamiliarity • (In)difference • Conclusions

  3. Share of cross- border shoppers 20% or more 10 till 20% 5 till 10% Less than 5% Cross-border shopping mobility in the EU-25

  4. Cross-border shopping mobility in a border-region

  5. ‘Motives’ for mobility

  6. Bandwidth of unfamiliarity

  7. Indifference in the Dutch-German border region Background: • Germany: • - 8 unemployed • - 4 threatened to get unemployed • - 4 looking for a better job • the Netherlands • - 13 unemployed • - 3 not registered as unemployed Indicative results (no statistical testing)

  8. Indifference in the Dutch-German border region Germans: 13 showed 'differentiating' attitude (all positive) 3 were 'indifferent’ Dutch: 8 showed 'differentiating' attitude (5 pos.; 3 neg.) 8 were ‘indifferent’ Indifferent Germans “I just have not dealt with it and have no intentions to consider it”. “Working in the Netherlands has never interested me, I have too little information.” “I am not looking for a job in the Netherlands but principally I would take up a job and even move there. But right now I do not have a car and would like to work in Goch itself.”

  9. Indifference in the Dutch-German border region Germans: 13 showed 'differentiating' attitude (all positive) 3 were 'indifferent’ Dutch: 8 showed 'differentiating' attitude (5 pos.; 3 neg.) 8 were ‘indifferent’ Differentiating Dutch but Germany not an option 'I would not go for a job to Germany easily, for I really like the Netherlands. You are confronted immediately with such huge differences.' 'I am interested in working abroad, but just across the border [in Germany], I don't know. My German language skills are too bad. If the language problem would not exist, then of course it is really close, far better than going for a job to Amsterdam for instance.'

  10. Indifference in the Dutch-German border region Germans: 13 showed 'differentiating' attitude (all positive) 3 were 'indifferent’ Dutch: 8 showed 'differentiating' attitude (5 pos.; 3 neg.) 8 were ‘indifferent’ Indifferent Dutch "Basically I am quite neutral on this. If I can't succeed here, it might be a possibility. I just haven’t though about it. [Laughing] I certainly don't have anything against Germans.“ "I have been looking for jobs in a large region around my place of living" (but had not looked into the German possibilities)

  11. Different Indifferences • Indifference because there is no need • Indifference because of a lack of information • Indifference because of ‘gut’-feelings • Indifference because of ‘rational’ (correct) decision

  12. Tendency to ‘stay close to home’, • both physical and psychological • There is a bandwidth of unfamiliarity • There are different indifferences Conclusions and points for further discussion

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