Internal Labor Mobility in Central Europe and the Baltic Region.

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- Background: Some Emerging Concerns -- The Objectives and Scope of This Report -- The Value Added of This Analysis -- The Structure of the Report -- 2 Regional Labor Market Disparities -- Background -- Magnitude of Spatial Disparities in Unemployment -- 3 Regional Unemployment Disparities and Adjustment Mechanisms -- Introduction -- Adjustment Mechanisms: Three Main Channels -- Adjustment Mechanisms: Empirical Evidence -- Concluding Remarks -- 4 Labor Mobility: Levels and Covariates -- Review of Stylized Facts -- Review of The Literature -- Determinants of Individual Mobility: Evidence from Micro Data -- 5 Summary and Conclusion -- Main Findings -- Options for Policy Action -- Issues for Further Work -- Appendix -- References -- Table 3.1. Evidence on the Wage Curve in the EU8: Selected Studies -- Table 4.1. Selected Logit Regression Results on Commuting: Labor Force Survey 2004 -- Table 4.2. Selected Logit Regression Results on Migration: Labor Force Survey 2004 -- Table 4.3. Selected Logit Regression Results on Migration: Labor Force Survey 2004 -- Table 4.4. Selected Logit Regression Results on Migration: Labor Force Survey 2004 -- Table A.1. Summary of Empirical Studies of Interregional Mobility in Central Europe and the Baltic Region -- Figure 1. Adjustment Mechnisms -- Figure 2. Measures of Regional Labor Market Disparity -- Figure 3. Migrants and Commuters: LFS 2004 -- Figure 4. Intended Regional Mobility 2001 -- Figure 2.1. Minimum and Maximum Regional Unemployment Rates (NUTS 3), 2004 -- Figure 2.2. Disparities in Regional Unemployment Rates (NUTS2 or Equivalent), 2004 -- Figure 2.3. Unemployment Rate: National Level and Regional Dispersion 2004 -- Figure 2.4. Regional Employment Rates (NUTS2), 2004.

Figure 2.5. Measures of Regional Labor Market Disparity -- Figure 2.6. The Persistence of Regional Unemployment Rates, 1999-2004 (NUTS3) -- Figure 2.7. Long-Term Unemployment Rate 2000 and 2004 -- Figure 3.1. Regional Unemployment and Adjustment Mechanisms -- Figure 3.2. Total Tax Wedge: 2000 and 2004. -- Figure 3.3. Total Tax Wedge: 2000 and 2004 -- Figure 3.4. Regional Investment Per Capita (NUTS2), 2000-2003 Average -- Figure 4.1. Average Regional Commuting Rates (NUTS2) -- Figure 4.2. Internal Migration Rates 2004 (or most recent year) -- Figure 4.3. Regional Unemployment Rates and Gross Out-migration Rates -- Figure 4.4. Migrants and Commuters: LFS 2004 -- Figure 4.5. Percent Living in Local Community Since Birth -- Figure 4.6. Percent Feeling "Very Close" to Town/Region/Country -- Figure 4.7. Percent "Very Willing" to Move to Another Town/Region/Country -- Figure 4.8. Informal Source of Jobs Information -- Box 2.1. The Choice of Regional Unit -- Box 4.1. Gender Dimensions of Mobility: Notes from the Sociological Literature -- Box 4.2. Ethnic Dimensions of Labor Mobility: Notes from the Sociological Literature -- Box 4.3. Past and Intended Mobility: Complementary Evidence from EBS: -- Box 5.1. Commuting and Migration Patterns: Are EU8 Countries Unique?.

Large regional disparities in labor market indicators exist in Central Europe and the Baltic region. Such disparities appear to be persistent over time indicating, in part, a lack of flexibility in the prevailing adjustment mechanisms. Internal labor mobility is often seen as an important instrument to reduce adjustment costs when other mechanisms fail. Drawing from a variety of data sources and utilizing a common empirical framework and estimation strategy, this study identifies patterns and statistical profiles of geographical mobility. It finds internal migration to be generalily low and highly concentrated among better-educated, young, and single workers. This suggests that migration is more likely to reinforce existing inequalities than to act as an equalizing phenomenon. By way of contrast, commuting flows have grown over time and are more responsive to regional economic differentials. The findings suggest the need for appropriate and country-tailored policy measures designed to increase the responsiveness of labor flows to market conditions.

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