A model of multiple equilibria in geographic labor mobility

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Spilimbergo, A; Ubeda, L
• 署名单位: International Monetary Fund; Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2002.11.001
• 发表日期: 2004
• 页码: 107-123
• 关键词: MIGRATION; double matching; Social integration; sister villages; unemployment

摘要

We develop a model of double matching in the labor market and the social environment in order to explain different migration patterns in response to local economic shocks. This approach explains the different behaviors of workers in different groups, regions, or countries in an endogenous way by showing the existence of multiple equilibria, rather than in an exogenous manner by introducing ex ante regulations or unemployment benefits. This model can also explain why individuals from some communities form 'sister' communities in some cases and not in others. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.