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Migration and Labor Market Adjustment

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Equilibrating and Adjustment Tendencies of Interregional Migration: An Introduction

      • Jouke Van Dijk, Hendrik Folmer, Henry W. Herzog Jr., Alan M. Schlottmann
      Pages 3-20
  3. Migration as a Reflection of Interregional Labor Market Adjustment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
    2. Regional Location Patterns in the United States: Recent Changes and Future Prospects

      • Michael J. Greenwood, James A. Chalmers, Philip E. Graves
      Pages 23-45
  4. Unemployment, Migration and Job Matching

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
    2. Labor Market Institutions and the Efficiency of Interregional Migration: A Cross-Nation Comparison

      • Jouke Van Dijk, Hendrik Folmer, Henry W. Herzog Jr., Alan M. Schlottmann
      Pages 61-83
    3. Does Migration Reduce Differentials in Regional Unemployment Rates?

      • Gordon Hughes, Barry McCormick
      Pages 85-108
  5. Regional Labor Market Dynamics, Migration and Economic Efficiency

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
    2. Interregional Wage Differentials in the United States: A Survey

      • Mark Dickie, Shelby Gerking
      Pages 111-145
    3. The Role of Migration in Regional Adjustment

      • John Vanderkamp
      Pages 147-175
  6. Labor Market Mobility and Personal Status: A Human Investment Approach

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
    2. Job Mobility and Subsequent Wages in Sweden

      • Anders Björklund, Bertil Holmlund
      Pages 201-216
  7. Conceptual and Methodological Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 265-265

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Jouke Dijk

  • Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Hendrik Folmer

  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

    Henry W. Herzog, Alan M. Schlottmann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Migration and Labor Market Adjustment

  • Editors: Jouke Dijk, Hendrik Folmer, Henry W. Herzog, Alan M. Schlottmann

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7846-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-015-7848-6Published: 11 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-7846-2Published: 14 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 306

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Economic Geography, Microeconomics

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