Sources of Job and Worker Flows: Evidence from a Panel of Regions

.  This study explores the structure and the dynamics of regional job and worker flows. The measures of job and worker flows are related to economic fluctuations, demographic factors and industry structure by employing the data of 85 Finnish regions over the period 1988–97. It is shown that labour m...

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Published inLabour (Rome, Italy) Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 105 - 129
Main Authors Böckerman, Petri, Hämäläinen, Kari, Maliranta, Mika
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2004
Subjects
Demographics
Demography
Economic geography
Employment creation
Finland
Industrial relations
Industry
Labor market
Labour force
Labour mobility
Panel surveys
Regions
Studies
Workers
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Summary:.  This study explores the structure and the dynamics of regional job and worker flows. The measures of job and worker flows are related to economic fluctuations, demographic factors and industry structure by employing the data of 85 Finnish regions over the period 1988–97. It is shown that labour market dynamics differ markedly between regions. As in previous analyses of linked employer–employee data, job and worker flows are shown to behave cyclically. In addition, the results indicate that observable differences in regional productivity, in‐migration, demographics and industry structure help to explain the prevailing disparities in regional labour markets.
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ISSN:1121-7081
1467-9914
DOI:10.1111/j.1121-7081.2004.00260.x