A Mapping of Labor Mobility Costs in Developing Countries

Estimates of labor mobility costs are needed to assess the responses of employment and wages to trade shocks when factor adjustment is costly. Available methods to estimate those costs rely on panel data, which are seldom available in developing co...

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Main Authors:	Artuç, Erhan, Lederman, Daniel, Porto, Guido
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE AVERAGE WAGE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCOUNTED VALUE DISPLACED WORKERS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH EQUILIBRIUM WAGES EXPECTED VALUE EXPECTED WAGE EXPORTS FIRING FIRING COSTS FIRM DYNAMICS FUTURE LABOR GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROWTH RATE HIRING INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOB TURNOVER LABOR ADJUSTMENT LABOR ADJUSTMENT COSTS LABOR ALLOCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKET TURNOVER LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR REALLOCATION LABOR_FORCE LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOUR MOVEMENTS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET WAGE MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NOMINAL WAGES OPEN ECONOMY OPTIMIZATION POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PROTECTED INDUSTRIES PURCHASING POWER REAL WAGE REAL WAGES RISK NEUTRAL SERVICE SECTOR TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORMS UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED WORKERS VALUE ADDED WAGE BILL WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE INEQUALITY WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKER HETEROGENEITY WORKING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18081227/mapping-labor-mobility-costs-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15923

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spelling	okr-10986-159232021-04-23T14:03:26Z A Mapping of Labor Mobility Costs in Developing Countries Artuç, Erhan Lederman, Daniel Porto, Guido AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE AVERAGE WAGE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCOUNTED VALUE DISPLACED WORKERS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH EQUILIBRIUM WAGES EXPECTED VALUE EXPECTED WAGE EXPORTS FIRING FIRING COSTS FIRM DYNAMICS FUTURE LABOR GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROWTH RATE HIRING INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOB TURNOVER LABOR ADJUSTMENT LABOR ADJUSTMENT COSTS LABOR ALLOCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKET TURNOVER LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR REALLOCATION LABOR_FORCE LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOUR MOVEMENTS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET WAGE MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NOMINAL WAGES OPEN ECONOMY OPTIMIZATION POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PROTECTED INDUSTRIES PURCHASING POWER REAL WAGE REAL WAGES RISK NEUTRAL SERVICE SECTOR TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORMS UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED WORKERS VALUE ADDED WAGE BILL WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE INEQUALITY WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKER HETEROGENEITY WORKING Estimates of labor mobility costs are needed to assess the responses of employment and wages to trade shocks when factor adjustment is costly. Available methods to estimate those costs rely on panel data, which are seldom available in developing countries. The authors propose a method to estimate mobility costs using readily obtainable data worldwide. The estimator matches the changes in observed sectoral employment allocations with the predicted allocations from a model of costly labor adjustment. This paper estimates a world map of labor mobility costs and uses those estimates to explore the response of labor markets to trade policy. 2013-09-27T20:17:10Z 2013-09-27T20:17:10Z 2013-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18081227/mapping-labor-mobility-costs-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15923 English en Policy Research Working Paper;No.6556 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE AVERAGE WAGE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCOUNTED VALUE DISPLACED WORKERS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH EQUILIBRIUM WAGES EXPECTED VALUE EXPECTED WAGE EXPORTS FIRING FIRING COSTS FIRM DYNAMICS FUTURE LABOR GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROWTH RATE HIRING INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOB TURNOVER LABOR ADJUSTMENT LABOR ADJUSTMENT COSTS LABOR ALLOCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKET TURNOVER LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR REALLOCATION LABOR_FORCE LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOUR MOVEMENTS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET WAGE MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NOMINAL WAGES OPEN ECONOMY OPTIMIZATION POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PROTECTED INDUSTRIES PURCHASING POWER REAL WAGE REAL WAGES RISK NEUTRAL SERVICE SECTOR TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORMS UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED WORKERS VALUE ADDED WAGE BILL WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE INEQUALITY WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKER HETEROGENEITY WORKING
spellingShingle	AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE AVERAGE WAGE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCOUNTED VALUE DISPLACED WORKERS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH EQUILIBRIUM WAGES EXPECTED VALUE EXPECTED WAGE EXPORTS FIRING FIRING COSTS FIRM DYNAMICS FUTURE LABOR GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROWTH RATE HIRING INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOB TURNOVER LABOR ADJUSTMENT LABOR ADJUSTMENT COSTS LABOR ALLOCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKET TURNOVER LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR REALLOCATION LABOR_FORCE LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOUR MOVEMENTS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET WAGE MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NOMINAL WAGES OPEN ECONOMY OPTIMIZATION POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PROTECTED INDUSTRIES PURCHASING POWER REAL WAGE REAL WAGES RISK NEUTRAL SERVICE SECTOR TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORMS UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED WORKERS VALUE ADDED WAGE BILL WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE INEQUALITY WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKER HETEROGENEITY WORKING Artuç, Erhan Lederman, Daniel Porto, Guido A Mapping of Labor Mobility Costs in Developing Countries
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No.6556
description	Estimates of labor mobility costs are needed to assess the responses of employment and wages to trade shocks when factor adjustment is costly. Available methods to estimate those costs rely on panel data, which are seldom available in developing countries. The authors propose a method to estimate mobility costs using readily obtainable data worldwide. The estimator matches the changes in observed sectoral employment allocations with the predicted allocations from a model of costly labor adjustment. This paper estimates a world map of labor mobility costs and uses those estimates to explore the response of labor markets to trade policy.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Artuç, Erhan Lederman, Daniel Porto, Guido
author_facet	Artuç, Erhan Lederman, Daniel Porto, Guido
author_sort	Artuç, Erhan
title	A Mapping of Labor Mobility Costs in Developing Countries
title_short	A Mapping of Labor Mobility Costs in Developing Countries
title_full	A Mapping of Labor Mobility Costs in Developing Countries
title_fullStr	A Mapping of Labor Mobility Costs in Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed	A Mapping of Labor Mobility Costs in Developing Countries
title_sort	mapping of labor mobility costs in developing countries
publisher	World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18081227/mapping-labor-mobility-costs-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15923
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A Mapping of Labor Mobility Costs in Developing Countries

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