Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185095 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11635
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We examine the effect of job displacement on regional mobility using linked employer-employee panel data for the 1995-2014 period. We also study whether displaced movers obtain earnings and employment gains compared to displaced stayers. The results show that job displacement increases the migration probability by ~70%. However, social capital in a region and housing characteristics decrease the propensity to move, indicating that people do not make the migration decisions solely based on short-term economic incentives. Migration has an immediate negative relationship with earnings, but the link diminishes as time passes and eventually turns positive for men. The link between migration and employment is nevertheless positive and persistent for both genders.
Subjects: 
unemployment
job displacement
migration
earnings
employment
JEL: 
J61
J63
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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