Kaplanis, Ioannis and Monastiriotis, Vassilis
(2012)
Flexible employment and cross-regional adjustment.
SERC discussion papers ,
SERCDP0100.
Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London, UK.
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Abstract
Employment flexibility is commonly associated to greater labour mobility and thus faster cross-regional adjustments. The literature however offers very little hard evidence on this and quite limited theoretical guidance. This paper examines empirically the relationship between employment flexibility and cross-regional adjustment (migration) at the regional and local levels in the UK. Employment flexibility is associated to higher labour mobility (but only at a rather localised scale) and at the same time seems to reduce the responsiveness of migration to unemployment. This suggest that rising flexibility may be linked to higher persistence in spatial disparities, as intra-regional adjustments are strengthened while extraregional adjustments weakened.
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Monograph
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| Official URL: |
http://www.spatialeconomics.ac.uk/textonly/SERC/pu... |
| Additional Information: |
© 2012 The Authors |
| Library of Congress subject classification: |
H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: |
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General > J08 - Labor Economics Policies
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies > J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes
R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R2 - Household Analysis > R23 - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population |
| Sets: |
Departments > European Institute
Research centres and groups > Spatial Economics Research Centre
Collections > Economists Online
Research centres and groups > Hellenic Observatory |
| Identification Number: |
SERCDP0100 |
| Funders: |
ESRC, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS), Welsh Assembly Government |
| Date Deposited: |
04 Feb 2015 10:46 |
| URL: |
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/60832/ |
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