Connecting Lagging and Leading Regions : The Role of Labor Mobility

Connecting Lagging and Leading Regions : The Role of Labor Mobility

How can policies improve the welfare of people in economically lagging regions of countries? Should policies help jobs follow people? Or should they enable people to follow jobs? In most countries, market forces have encouraged the geographic conce...

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Main Authors: Lall, Somik V., Timmins, Christopher, Yu, Shouyue
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS
AIR
BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES
BIASES
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL FORMATION
CENSUSES
CITIZEN
CLIMATE CHANGE
COLLEGE EDUCATION
CONGESTION
CONGESTION COSTS
COST OF LIVING
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DRINKING WATER
DRIVING
EARNINGS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
EDUCATION LEVEL
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ENROLLMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
EXTERNALITIES
FAMILY PLANNING
FERTILITY
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH SERVICES
HOSPITAL
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMMIGRANTS
INCOME
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME TAX
INDIVIDUAL WELFARE
INTERNAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MOBILITY
LACK OF ACCESS
LEGAL STATUS
LIMITED ACCESS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE
MIGRANT
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MIGRATION FLOWS
MINIMUM WAGE
MOBILITY
MOBILITY OF LABOR
MOTIVATION
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL RESOURCES
NEO-NATAL CARE
OLD MEN
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION MOVEMENTS
POPULATION SIZE
POTENTIAL MIGRANTS
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICES
PULL FACTORS
REGISTRATION SYSTEM
RETIREMENT
RURAL AREAS
SANITATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SEWAGE
SEX
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION COST
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
URBAN AMENITIES
URBAN AREAS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
URBAN MIGRATION
URBANIZATION
VILLAGES
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGES
WATER SUPPLY
WORKING HOURS
YOUNG WORKERS
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