Analyzing the impact of labor market integration

IDEC DP2 Series Volume 3 Issue 7 Page 1-28 published_at 2013-11-19
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Analyzing the impact of labor market integration
Creator
Nakajima Kentaro
Sato Yasuhiro
Source Title
IDEC DP2 Series
Volume 3
Issue 7
Start Page 1
End Page 28
Abstract
We develop a competitive search model involving multiple regions, geographically mobile workers, and moving costs. Equilibrium mobility patterns are analyzed and characterized, indicating that shocks to a particular region, such as a productivity shock, can propagate to other regions through workers' mobility. Moreover, equilibrium mobility patterns are not efficient due to the existence of moving costs, implying that they affect social welfare not only because they are costs but also because they distort equilibrium allocation. By calibrating our framework to Japanese regional data, we demonstrate that the impacts of eliminating migration costs are comparable to those of a 30% productivity increase.
Keywords
geographical mobility of workers
competitive job search
moving costs
labor market integration
JEL Classification Numbers: J61
JEL Classification Numbers: J64
JEL Classification Numbers: R23
NDC
Social science [ 300 ]
Language
eng
Resource Type departmental bulletin paper
Publisher
広島大学大学院国際協力研究科
Date of Issued 2013-11-19
Publish Type Version of Record
Access Rights open access