Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/34824 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3668
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper, we attempt to understand the determinants of mobility by introducing the concept of local social capital. Investing in local ties is rational when workers anticipate that they will not move to another region. Reciprocally, once local social capital is accumulated, incentives to move are reduced. Our model illustrates several types of complementarity leading to multiple equilibria (a world of local social capital and low mobility vs. a world of low social capital and high propensity to move). It also shows that local social capital is systematically negative for mobility, and can be negative for employment, but some other types of social capital can actually raise employment.
Subjects: 
European unemployment
geographical mobility
social capital
JEL: 
J2
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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