Labour market mobility in Copenhagen-

Malmö Region

Situation and experiences

April 29th, Nykøbing F.

Content

• What is the Øresund-region?

• Why is it important to have a more common labour market

within the Øresund Region?

• What does it take? - and what have we experienced?

• http://www.skane.com/en/southern-sweden-a-

worldclass-business-and-research-region

• http://www.skane.com/en/video-skane-a-hot-spot-for-

business-and-innovation

3 phases in the Oresund-integration. Commuting is primarily from Scania to Copenhagen

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Scania to CPH-Zealand CPH-Zealand to Scania Danskejede fritidshuse i SE

Phase 1. Phase 2. Phase 3.

Reasons for project

• Genuine wish for more integration!

• From one-way to two-way?

• Crisis in Cph – Malmö recovered faster!

Why? Reasons for more integration in the cross-border region

• Growth. A common labour market is not only a goal - also a

way to increase growth!

• Synergy. Win-Win. Surplus on one side of border – solves

lack/demands on the other side.

• More possibilities for unemployed, students,

companies,PES

• (an optimal resource exploitation, better match, economics of scale)

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Growth in BNP 2005-10

Pop. growth 2006-11

Employment growth 2006-11

Weak growth!

Growth in BNP, population and employment in Northern European Metropolises

Kilde: Øresundskomiteen og Øresundsinstituttet

Together we are larger – and more attractive!

More opportunities... ”Closer than you think”

930.000 job

275.000 job

Kilde: AE Gis for projektet

Characteristiques: CPH-Malmö-region

• People and job: high concentration within 1 hour!

• Border: Water! A barrier to mobility!

• Attractive: +1000 new inhabitants each month in Cph.

• Languages: Different – but similar

• Economic differences that drives commuting

• Wages/tax/net income/cost of living: Different – living in SE

• Unemployment: higher in Malmö than Cph.!

What drives us to cross the border?

A company

Knowing the

possibilities

Trouble recruiting (preschool teachers)

Profit– better

qualifications (service-sector)

Jobseeker

Knowing the

possibilities

Difficulties finding a job! (Youth in Malmö)

Profit– work, income,

employment conditions (Malmö is not Oslo

Cph. is attractive!)

PUSH

PULL

Actions in project

• Analyse incentives to commute (wages, transport aso.)

• Try to solve cross border barriers: apprenticeship in SE

and activiation

• Information – raise awareness!

• Identify job opportunities (Øresundsbalancen)

• Show them! (web)

• Train PES staff – better advice on crossborder jobs

http://www.jobbutbildning.net/film-0

Identify: Seeing the job opportunities on the other side of Øresund

http://jobuddannelse.net/jobmuligheder

Train: More Knowledge and better counseling effects of the Øresund course

Kilde: Evaluator, Oxford research

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Jeg har tilstrækkelig indblik i det svenske

arbejdsmarked til at kunne vejlede til jobsøgning i

Sverige

Jeg har kendskab til hvilke regler der gælder når en ledig søger job i Sverige

Jeg har indenfor den seneste uge vejledt ledige

til at søge job i Sverige

Den vejledning jeg gav omkring jobsøgning i

Sverige var kompetent

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Case: preschool teachers 2011-Fall

SE DK

Preschool teachers

Activities – Preschool teachers and pedagogues efforts

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2 Informationsmøder 4 busture 3 jobsøgningsværksteder

Results:

•High satisfation

•60% become more motivated to look for a

job in Skåne

Effects

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Jobansøgninger fra danske pædagoger til inst. i Malmø

Stad

Jobsamtaler med danskere i Malmø Stads institutioner

Danske pædagoger nyansat i Malmø i perioden

Note: Der kan være flere danskere ansat

Kilde: Malmö Stad, undersøgelse

Case: preschool teachers 2011-Fall

SE DK

Preschool teachers

2013-Fall

SE DK

Preschool teachers

Experiences: Cph. to Malmö

• Getting Danes to Malmö. Difficult!

Lesson: Focus on the educated and the experts!

• Roles for Danish Eures/Jobcentre Cph

• General info – and awareness raising

– Keep telling: Malmö exists!

• Limited part regarding. Matching.

– Support “do it yourself”

Experiences: Malmö to Cph.

• Getting Swedes to Copenhagen. Possible!

Lesson: Cph still attractive in spite of crisis

• Roles for Swedish Eures/Jobcentre Cph

• General info – and awareness raising

– Keep telling: Copenhagen exists!

• Some role regarding matching.

– Support “do it yourself”

– Matchmaking and jobseeker info and tours to Cph.

General conclusions

• Economy matters!

– Recession and change of job opportunities

– Decision to commute or migrate

• No imbalances = no commuting!

• Hard data from labour market monitoring = good argument

for action for politicians and PES-staff

• Response time: problem solved or disappeared?

• We matter!