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The Geographic Mobility of Displaced Workers: Do Local Employment Conditions Matter?

Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review

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Title The Geographic Mobility of Displaced Workers: Do Local Employment Conditions Matter?
 
Creator Yankow, Jeffrey J.
 
Description Using data drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and County Business Patterns, this study investigates whether displaced workers adjust their job search strategies in response to local market conditions to favor migration out of declining labor markets. Empirical results from a Cox partial-likelihood proportional hazards model are supportive. A low density of local employment and low average wage levels are associated with shorter wait times to migration. Conversely, high local employment growth rates, high wages, and low unemployment rates correlate with an increased likelihood of obtaining local employment following displacement.
 
Publisher Southern Regional Science Association
 
Date 2004-09-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journal.srsa.org/ojs/index.php/RRS/article/view/82
 
Source The Review of Regional Studies; Vol 34 No 2 (2004); 120-136
0048-749X
1553-0892
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journal.srsa.org/ojs/index.php/RRS/article/view/82/33