Imperfect Mobility

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This study investigates why the strong form of the spatial equilibrium is weakly supported in the literature. Using a discrete choice model, it shows that the strong form of the spatial equilibrium is rarely observed because workers are imperfectly mobile from the perspective of researchers. Incorporating the discrete choice model, a Markov chain is used to model the spatial dynamics of the population distribution. For a given location choice set, the population distribution is shown to converge to a unique spatial steady state. Microdata from the American Community Survey show that the model assumption is reasonable and support the model predictions.

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• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 623

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; General Regional Economics (includes Regional Data) ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities ; Statistical Simulation Methods: General ; Operations Research; Statistical Decision Theory
• Subject: imperfect mobility ; heterogeneity ; spatial steady state ; discrete choice model ; Markov chain analysis

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cai, Zhengyu
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Global Labor Organization (GLO)
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2020

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/222541