FAMO – Skilled Workers Monitoring. Regular Survey of Demand and Supply of Skilled Workers in the Border Region of Eastern Austria and Slovakia. FAMO II: Immigration and Spillover Effects as Determinants of Exports – Empirical Evidence From the Countries of the CENTROPE Region

The study examines the export behaviour of businesses in the countries of the CENTROPE region (Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary) based on business data. Data collection and analysis focuses on the cities of Vienna and Bratislava and on the Trnava region. It found that immigration from a given country drives exports to just this country. Moreover, export activities by businesses in a given region have a positive effect on the export probability of other businesses in the same region.