Productivity differences and the dynamic effects of labor movements
Productivity differences and the dynamic effects of labor movements
Barriers to labor mobility across countries coexist with substantial differences in living standards largely attributable to productivity differences. A growth model with endogenous labor movements is used to assess the effects on output, capital accumulation and welfare of removing barriers to labor mobility. The model is parameterized so that it is consistent with evidence on historical labor movements, and is applied to two cases: the enlargement of the European Union and the (hypothetical) creation of a common labor market in the North America. The main finding is that there are large resulting gains in terms of output and welfare.
tfp, cross-country income differences, labor mobility, capital mobility
1059-1073
Klein, Paul
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Ventura, Gustavo
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November 2009
Klein, Paul
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Ventura, Gustavo
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Klein, Paul and Ventura, Gustavo
(2009)
Productivity differences and the dynamic effects of labor movements.
Journal of Monetary Economics, 56 (8), .
(doi:10.1016/j.jmoneco.2009.10.011).
Abstract
Barriers to labor mobility across countries coexist with substantial differences in living standards largely attributable to productivity differences. A growth model with endogenous labor movements is used to assess the effects on output, capital accumulation and welfare of removing barriers to labor mobility. The model is parameterized so that it is consistent with evidence on historical labor movements, and is applied to two cases: the enlargement of the European Union and the (hypothetical) creation of a common labor market in the North America. The main finding is that there are large resulting gains in terms of output and welfare.
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Published date: November 2009
Keywords:
tfp, cross-country income differences, labor mobility, capital mobility
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Economics
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Local EPrints ID: 174065
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/174065
ISSN: 0304-3932
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Paul Klein
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Gustavo Ventura
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