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Title: Big locational unemployment differences despite high labor mobility

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: Considerable labor mobility exists across US states, enough that, if migration arbitrages local unemployment, one might expect very low unemployment differences across states. However, cross-state data reveal large unemployment differences. An equilibrium multi-location model with stochastic worker-location match productivity and within-location trading frictions can account for these facts. In the model, some workers move to, or stay in, a location with high unemployment because they are more productive there than elsewhere. According to the model, labor mobility and aggregate unemployment are negatively related. This prediction is in stark contrast to standard sectoral reallocation theory, but consistent with the US data.

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Authors: Lkhagvasuren, Damba

Periodical (Full): Jounal of Monetary Economics

Issue: 8

Volume: 59

Pages: 798 - 814

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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