Gap between compensation and reimbursement per country for cross-border workers’ compensation between 2011 and 2020

This data informs about the compensation expenses paid to cross-border recipients according to the country of employment defined at the time of entitlement and refunds requested from the border countries (Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany and Spain) between 2011 and 2020. They accompany the publication **[The compensation of frontier workers by unemployment insurance](https://www.unedic.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/Dossier%20de%20synth%C3%A8se%20Frontaliers%20-%20VF%20pour%20publication.pdf),** published in December 2021. For Switzerland, the reimbursements and expenditure taken into account between 2013 and 2020, as there was no agreement with France between 2009 and 2012. * * * **Variables:** ** Compensation**: compensation expenses paid to cross-border beneficiaries **Reimbursement**: requests for refunds issued by France to the border states **Ratio**: reimbursement/compensation **Balance**: compensation — reimbursement, which corresponds to the additional cost for Unédic * * *