Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/112908 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2015: Ökonomische Entwicklung - Theorie und Politik - Session: Local Labor Markets 2 No. F18-V3
Publisher: 
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
Abstract: 
This paper estimates the effects of regional mobility on individual employment prospects and wages, exploiting rich German social security data spanning over 30 years. Our focus is on unemployed workers with strong labor force attachment who search for employment after being exposed to a mass layoff. By that we concentrate on a group of individuals who are plausibly searching for employment for exogenous reasons. Comparing individuals who stay in the local labor market to movers, we find that employment rates are around 15 percentage points higher for movers three years after the layoff. Large differences in employment rates persist even 10 years after the layoff. In contrast, there are no effects of regional mobility on wages conditional on finding employment.
JEL: 
J61
J63
R23
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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