Some aspects of the labour force mobility of the Drava region

While one can experience the growth of mobility in the 21st century, the increasing spatial distances between the workplaces and residences make it a key question whether the theoretical broadening of transportation opportunities can treat the employment problems of disadvantageous regions. The experiences show the broadening mass of unemployed people because of the less number of work-places, also the increasing number of regions hit by structural and frictional unemployment. This is contrary to another phenomenon what the global trends dictate in some fields in the country. Not to mention, that the closing of railway lines and frequency of the lines resulted in the narrowing opportunities of commuting in underdeveloped regions. The aim of this study is to measure and show through the analysis of mobility relations the Dráva region, the examples of Hungarian and Croatian sides’ disadvantageous regions and what kind of elements stand behind these negative features of mobility. How the opportunity of commuting trans-forms, depends on the transporting vehicles and the directions of commuting for the people searching for job. This study pays special attention to regional differences and the local features due to the character of the region (Dráva, borderline, etc.) considering not only the Hungarian side of it, but the opportunities of Croatian mobility, the disadvantages or advantages coming from disposition.It gives a comprehensive picture which can help for those who deal with the issue of mobility, or interested in the utilization of possibilities and liquidation of problems coming from it.

Keywords: labour force, mobility, border region, unemployment, Hungary, Croatia

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