Labour mobility and local employment: building a local employment base from labour mobility?. Issue 11 (2nd November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Naveed, Amjad; Javakhishvili-Larsen, Nino; Schmidt, Torben Dall
• Is Part Of: Regional studies. Volume 51:Issue 11(2017)
• Page Start: 1622
• Page End: 1634
• Publication Date: 2017-11-02
• Subjects: local employment -- labour mobility -- mobility taxonomy -- human capital -- substitution effect -- complementary effect -- panel data -- instrumental variables (IV) estimation; 地方就业 -- 劳动力流动 -- 流动分类学 -- 人力资本 -- 替代效应 -- 互补效应 -- 面板数据 -- 工具变量（IV）评估; emploi local -- mobilité du travail -- taxonomie de la mobilité -- capital humain -- effet de substitution -- effet complémentaire -- données de panel -- variables instrumentales (VI) estimation; lokale Beschäftigung -- Mobilität von Arbeitskräften -- Taxonomie der Mobilität -- Humankapital -- Substitutionseffekt -- Komplementäreffekt -- Paneldaten -- Instrumentvariablenschätzung; empleo local -- movilidad laboral -- taxonomía de la movilidad -- capital humano -- efecto de sustitución -- efecto complementario -- datos del panel -- estimación de variables instrumentales; J23 -- J24 -- O15; Regional planning -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 307.14
• DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1223284
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-3404

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Labour mobility and local employment: building a local employment base from labour mobility? Regional Studies . Do labour inflows contribute to job opportunities for local residents? This question is analysed based on a three-step instrumental variables (IV) estimation procedure including two-way fixed effects to control for unobserved heterogeneity by using unique panel data for the period 2006–11 in Denmark. The results show that labour inflows are crucial for employment opportunities in peripheral areas, but appear to have no effects closer to urban centres. Furthermore, the findings highlight the importance of inflows of specific skills and cross-sectoral dependencies in skill dynamics. This stresses the importance of considering policies promoting mobility to ensure the employment basis in peripheral areas.