Worker Turnover, Structural Change and Inter-Regional Migration: Some Finnish Evidence
Laamanen, Jani-Petri (2008)
2008
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Abstract
We study the effects of regional labour market conditions on inter-regional migration using province-level panel data on bilateral migration flows and disaggregated labour market flows. Our results indicate that hires from unemployment and job separations leading to unemployment have sizeable effects on migration. The effects of hires from and separations to other labour market statuses, while also significant, appear smaller. Further, our results suggest that inter-industry and inter-firm shifts in employment are immaterial for migration. Taken together, inter-regional migration is largely dependent on unemployment and the employment possibilities available for the unemployed in regions.
Keywords: Inter-regional migration, job flows, worker flows, worker turnover, unemployment, GMM estimation. JEL codes: J61, J63
We would like to thank Kari Hämäläinen, Kaisa Kotakorpi, Tuomas Matikka, Jari Vainiomäki and the participants of FDPE Labour Economics Seminar in Helsinki and NECTAR Cluster 1 workshop in Menton for helpful comments and discussions.
Financial support from FDPE and Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.
We study the effects of regional labour market conditions on inter-regional migration using province-level panel data on bilateral migration flows and disaggregated labour market flows. Our results indicate that hires from unemployment and job separations leading to unemployment have sizeable effects on migration. The effects of hires from and separations to other labour market statuses, while also significant, appear smaller. Further, our results suggest that inter-industry and inter-firm shifts in employment are immaterial for migration. Taken together, inter-regional migration is largely dependent on unemployment and the employment possibilities available for the unemployed in regions.
Keywords: Inter-regional migration, job flows, worker flows, worker turnover, unemployment, GMM estimation. JEL codes: J61, J63
We would like to thank Kari Hämäläinen, Kaisa Kotakorpi, Tuomas Matikka, Jari Vainiomäki and the participants of FDPE Labour Economics Seminar in Helsinki and NECTAR Cluster 1 workshop in Menton for helpful comments and discussions.
Financial support from FDPE and Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.