A Proximity-Based Approach to Labor Mobility in CGE Models with an Application to Sub-Saharan Africa

A Proximity-Based Approach to Labor Mobility in CGE Models with an Application to Sub-Saharan Africa

The ease with which workers can move between sectors has a strong impact on the effects on labor markets of shocks such as changes in world prices or migration flows. This paper introduces an approach to labor mobility with frictions under which w...

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Main Authors: Lofgren, Hans, Cicowiez, Martin
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
CGE MODELS
LABOR MOBILITY
FACTOR MOBILITY
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/212941500556224046/A-proximity-based-approach-to-labor-mobility-in-CGE-models-with-an-application-to-Sub-Saharan-Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27958

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/212941500556224046/A-proximity-based-approach-to-labor-mobility-in-CGE-models-with-an-application-to-Sub-Saharan-Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27958

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