question whether they realise above average integration benefits. The empirical analysis concerns integration effects in the EU …

Border regions are likely to play a critical role within the spatial dynamics initiated by the enlargement of the EU … and unemployment for the period from 1995 to 2000 point to a measurable spatial segmentation of labour markets between EU …15 countries along national borders. On average, border regions in the EU are characterised by a lower degree of labour …

question whether they realise above average integration benefits. The empirical analysis concerns integration effects in the EU …