A Mapping of Labor Mobility Costs in the Developing World

A Mapping of Labor Mobility Costs in the Developing World

Estimates of labor mobility costs are needed to assess the responses of employment and wages to trade shocks when factor adjustment is costly. Available methods to estimate those costs rely on panel data, which are seldom available in developing countries. We propose a method to estimate mobility costs using readily obtainable data worldwide. Our estimator matches the changes in observed sectoral employment allocations with the predicted allocations from a model of costly labor adjustment. We estimate a world map of labor mobility costs and we use those estimates to explore the response of labor markets to trade policy.

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Main Authors: Artuc, Erhan, Lederman, Daniel, Porto, Guido
Format: Journal Article biblioteca
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2014-11-06
Subjects:World labor mobility costs, Wage dynamics, Employment dynamics, Labor adjustment, Sectoral employment allocation,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20723
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spelling dig-okr-10986207232021-04-23T14:03:59Z A Mapping of Labor Mobility Costs in the Developing World Artuc, Erhan Lederman, Daniel Porto, Guido World labor mobility costs Wage dynamics Employment dynamics Labor adjustment Sectoral employment allocation Estimates of labor mobility costs are needed to assess the responses of employment and wages to trade shocks when factor adjustment is costly. Available methods to estimate those costs rely on panel data, which are seldom available in developing countries. We propose a method to estimate mobility costs using readily obtainable data worldwide. Our estimator matches the changes in observed sectoral employment allocations with the predicted allocations from a model of costly labor adjustment. We estimate a world map of labor mobility costs and we use those estimates to explore the response of labor markets to trade policy. 2014-12-16T16:46:44Z 2014-12-16T16:46:44Z 2014-11-06 Journal Article Journal of International Economics 0022-1996 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20723 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Latin America & Caribbean
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Wage dynamics
Employment dynamics
Labor adjustment
Sectoral employment allocation
World labor mobility costs
Wage dynamics
Employment dynamics
Labor adjustment
Sectoral employment allocation
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Employment dynamics
Labor adjustment
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World labor mobility costs
Wage dynamics
Employment dynamics
Labor adjustment
Sectoral employment allocation
Artuc, Erhan
Lederman, Daniel
Porto, Guido
A Mapping of Labor Mobility Costs in the Developing World
description Estimates of labor mobility costs are needed to assess the responses of employment and wages to trade shocks when factor adjustment is costly. Available methods to estimate those costs rely on panel data, which are seldom available in developing countries. We propose a method to estimate mobility costs using readily obtainable data worldwide. Our estimator matches the changes in observed sectoral employment allocations with the predicted allocations from a model of costly labor adjustment. We estimate a world map of labor mobility costs and we use those estimates to explore the response of labor markets to trade policy.
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Wage dynamics
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