Regional Labor Mobility in Spain
IMF Working Papers, December 13, 2018
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- Authors: Lucy Qian Liu
- Published: December 13, 2018
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484387764.001
Summary findings
- The paper studies the main factors that explain the low regional mobility in Spain, with a view to identifying policy options at the regional and central level to promote labor mobility.
- The empirical analysis finds that house prices, labor market conditions, and the pervasiveness of labor market duality at the regional level are the main determinants for Spain’s regional mobility.
- Labor market institutions and policies play an important role at the national level.
- Policies that facilitate wage setting flexibility and reduce labor market duality could help enhance the functioning of the labor market, thereby promoting labor mobility.
- There may be room for policies to incentivize people to move and provide support through targeted active labor market policies.
Empirical determinants (as identified in the analysis)
- House prices (regional level): identified as a main determinant of regional mobility.
- Labor market conditions (regional level): identified as a main determinant of regional mobility.
- Pervasiveness of labor market duality (regional level): identified as a main determinant of regional mobility.
- Labor market institutions and policies (national level): play an important role in shaping mobility outcomes.
Policy recommendations and implications
- Facilitate wage setting flexibility to improve labor market functioning and promote labor mobility.
- Reduce labor market duality to enhance labor market performance and mobility.
- Consider policies to incentivize geographic movement (mobility incentives).
- Provide targeted active labor market policies to support movers and improve matching across regions.
Subjects and keywords (as listed)
- Subjects: Economic sectors, Financial crises, Labor, Labor force, Labor markets, Labor mobility, Migration, Population and demographics, Unemployment rate
- Keywords: duality issue, Global, gravity, interregional migration, Labor force, labor market condition, labor market duality, labor market indicator, labor market variable, Labor markets, Labor mobility, Migration, migration flow, migration outflow, protection benefit, regional labor market, Unemployment rate
Lucy Qian Liu, "Regional Labor Mobility in Spain", IMF Working Papers 2018, 282 (2018).
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- Regional Labor Mobility in Spain, WP/18/282, December 2018