Labor Adjustment Costs across Sectors and Regions

Labor Adjustment Costs across Sectors and Regions

This paper estimates the mobility costs of workers across sectors and regions in a large sample of developing countries. The paper develops a new methodology that uses cross-sectional data only. This is motivated by the fact that panel data typical...

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Main Authors: Cruz, Marcio, Milet, Emmanuel, Olarreaga, Marcelo
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
LABOR MOBILITY
INTERNAL MIGRATION
ADJUSTMENT COSTS
SECTOR MOBILITY
REGIONAL MOBILITY
INTERNET
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/181111509642976782/Labor-adjustment-costs-across-sectors-and-regions
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28852

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/181111509642976782/Labor-adjustment-costs-across-sectors-and-regions
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28852

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