Arbeitspapier
On the impact of labor market matching on regional disparities
We propose a model where imperfect matching between firms and workers on local labor markets leads to spatial agglomeration. We show that the occurrence of spatial agglomeration depends on initial size differences in terms of both number of workers and firms. We analyse the effect of different public policies. In our setting, the effect of a higher level of human capital on regional disparities depends on whether it makes workers more mobile on the labour market or more specialised. Policies that increase workers’ interregional mobility, increase the likelihood that regions diverge. Finally, competition policy is shown to reduce regional disparities.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series ; No. WP02/27
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Monopsony; Segmented Labor Markets
Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
- Thema
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Economic geography
local labor market
regional disparities
human capital
Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt
Regionale Disparität
Humankapital
Theorie
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Tharakan, Joe
Tropeano, Jean-Philippe
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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University College Dublin, Department of Economics
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Dublin
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2002
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Tharakan, Joe
- Tropeano, Jean-Philippe
- University College Dublin, Department of Economics
Entstanden
- 2002