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The relationship between labour force participation and the business cycle is a common topic in economic literature. However, few studies have examined if the cyclical sensitivity of labour force participation is influenced by social effects. In this paper, we construct a theoretical model defining a relatively new hypothesis, the bandwagon worker effect (BWE). We use spatial econometrics techniques to test the existence of the BWE in the local labour markets in Spain. Our results reveal a positive spatial dependence in the cyclical sensitivity of labour force participation that decreases as we fix a laxer neighbourhood criterion, which verifies the existence of the BWE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with the transitions and alternation between self-employment, paid-employment and non-employment in Finland in 1987–1999, paying special attention to differences in self-employment dynamics between areas characterized by different labour market conditions, viz. rural and urban locations. Markovian analysis reveals significant differences by the type of area in the processes of transition between the three labour market states. Alternation between self-employment and other labour markets states turns out to be greater in rural than urban areas. Five major types of alternating working careers are identified. The type of area is importantly related to alternating working careers even when all the important variables describing personal and family characteristics are included in the models. Este artículo trata con las transiciones y alternancia entre el trabajo por cuenta propia, trabajo por cuenta ajena y desempleo en Finlandia de 1987–1999, poniendo especial atención a las diferencias en dinámicas de trabajo autónomo entre áreas caracterizadas por condiciones del mercado laboral diferentes, a saber, ubicaciones rurales y urbanas. Un análisis Markoviano revela diferencias significativas por tipo de área en los procesos de transición entre los tres estados de mercado laboral. La alternancia entre el trabajo por cuenta propia y otros mercados laborales resulta ser mayor en áreas rurales que en urbanas. Se identifican cinco tipos principales de alternancia en el historial laboral. El tipo de área está relacionada de manera importante con historiales laborales alternantes incluso cuando todas las variables importantes que describen características personales y familiares están incluidas en los modelos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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We present two new methodologies which exploit the 'bright side' of the modifiable areal unit problem. The first one produces an estimate of industrial agglomeration which significantly improves on existing indices; the second one provides a ranking of industries according to their responsiveness to labour market determinants of agglomeration. An empirical application based on US data shows that those industries which are highly dependent on the labour market in choosing their location are a mix of low and high skill sectors. Furthermore, we find that labour market determinants explain around one quarter of the variation of spatial agglomeration across industries. Resumen. Presentamos dos metodologías nuevas que hacen uso del 'lado bueno' del problema de la unidad espacial modificable. La primera produce una estimación de la aglomeración industrial que mejora de manera significativa los índices existentes y la segunda proporciona una clasificación de las industrias en función de su capacidad de respuesta a determinantes de aglomeración para el mercado laboral. La aplicación empírica de estas metodologías con datos de los EE.UU. muestra que las industrias que dependen fuertemente del mercado laboral a la hora de elegir su ubicación forman una mezcla de sectores tanto de alta como de baja cualificación. Asimismo, observamos que los determinantes del mercado laboral explican aproximadamente una cuarta parte de la variación de la aglomeración espacial entre industrias. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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We develop an urban equilibrium job search model with employed and unemployed individuals where residential mobility of the unemployed is restricted. We assume a standard mono-centric model (firms are located in one location), but allow for imperfect labour markets. In contrast to models with perfect labour markets, the model predicts that the employed are only partially compensated for commuting costs in the form of wages. As a result, rent gradients are less steep than predicted by standard urban theories that assume perfectly competitive labour markets. Desarrollamos un modelo urbano de equilibrio de búsqueda de empleo con individuos empleados y desempleados donde se restringe la movilidad residencial de los desempleados. Asumimos un modelo monocéntrico estándar (las empresas se sitúan en una única ubicación), pero se permiten mercados de mano de obra imperfectos. En contraste con modelos con mercados de mano de obra perfectos, el modelo predice que los empleados reciben en forma de salario solamente una compensación parcial de los costes de trasladarse al puesto de trabajo. Como resultado, los gradientes en el alquiler son menos pronunciados de lo que predicen las teorías urbanas estándar que asumen mercados de mano de obra perfectamente competitivos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the early 1970s, it was argued that shifts from relatively smaller to larger youth cohorts in the labor force raise the unemployment rate. In contrast, using US state‐level data, two studies come to a contrary conclusion. I provide a theoretical framework for local labor markets that considers age cohort differences in labor market characteristics. Using a spatial panel data model and US county‐level data (2000–2014), the estimates provide strong evidence that aging of the working‐age population reduces overall unemployment by almost 1 percentage point. Long‐run effects that consider local feedbacks are even larger. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China's growth has led to massive flows of migrants. To analyse the determinants of inter-provincial migration hypotheses from the classical migration theory, the new economic geography, gravity approach, and the new economics of labour migration have been derived. All traditional assumptions could be confirmed. Inter-provincial differentials of urban poverty and differentials in inequality do matter. Inequality is regarded as opportunity and motivation to move. The analysis of push-pull factors of gross migration suggests that pull factors are average wages, unemployment rates, urbanization and income disparity. Urban poverty can be regarded as a counter-pull factor. Rural poverty and average wage are push factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article investigates whether labour market competitiveness affects the inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the ASEAN economies Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. The analysis is based on a regression model using time series data on FDI, wages, the labour force, skills, R&D expenditure, the interest rate and several variables critical for economic development. The study shows that the labour market determinants differ between countries in terms of their role in FDI inflows. Thus analysis results suggest that, with regard to labour market competitiveness, different countries may require different policy recommendations in order to attract FDI inflows into their countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article investigates how time distances within and between municipalities determine the spatial extent of local and regional labor markets. As time distances change, the extent of the labor market will also change. Diminishing time distances will bring about increases in labor market size by integrating formerly spatially separate markets. We analyze such processes using accessibility measures derived from a random choice preference function approach. Accessibility is measured in terms of number of jobs, labor supply and supply of service functions. The aim of the work is to illustrate the usefulness of the purpose-specific accessibility measure we introduce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract. Even though a large share of the workforce belongs to two-earner households, job search models invariably ignore the interaction between the wage earners of the same household. In this article, job and residential search behaviour of two-earner households are simultaneously analysed. The main finding of the theoretical model is that two-earner households search less intensively in the housing market, and more intensively in the labour market, if the distance between the workplaces of the two wage earners is longer. In the empirical part the latter finding has been analysed based upon a data set for Dutch two-earner households. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]