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Regional Labor Market Adjustments in the United States

By Mai Dao, Davide Furceri, Prakash Loungani

November 25, 2014

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Mai Dao, Davide Furceri, and Prakash Loungani. Regional Labor Market Adjustments in the United States, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed September 19, 2024
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Summary

We examine patterns of regional adjustments to shocks in the US during the past four decades. We find that the response of interstate migration to relative labor market conditions has decreased, while the role of the unemployment rate as absorber of regional shocks has increased. However, the response of net migration to regional shocks is stronger during aggregate downturns and increased particularly during the Great Recession. We offer a potential explanation for the cyclical pattern of migration response based on the variation in consumption risk sharing.

Subject: Employment, Labor, Labor demand, Labor force, Labor markets, Migration, Population and demographics

Keywords: Demand shock, Employment, Employment growth, Europe, Interstate migration, Labor demand, Labor demand shock, Labor force, Labor market, Labor markets, Labor mobility, Migration, Migration data, Migration rate, Migration response, Migration sensitivity, Participation rate, Regional labor markets, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    51

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2014/211

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2014211

  • ISBN:

    9781498302715

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941