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Connecting Lagging and Leading Regions : The Role of Labor Mobility

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dc.contributor.authorTimmins, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorLall, Somik V.
dc.contributor.authorYu, Shouyue
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T19:08:50Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T19:08:50Z
dc.date.issued2009-02-01
dc.description.abstractHow can policies improve the welfare of people in economically lagging regions of countries? Should policies help jobs follow people? Or should they enable people to follow jobs? In most countries, market forces have encouraged the geographic concentration of people and economic activities - policies that try to offset these forces to encourage balanced economic growth have largely been unsuccessful. However, policies that help people get closer to economic density have improved individual welfare. In this paper, the authors examine the migration decisions of working-age Brazilians and find that the pull of higher wages in leading regions has a strong influence on the decision to migrate. However, many people are also "pushed" to migrate, starved of access to basic public services such as clean water and sanitation in their hometowns. Although migration is welfare-improving for these individuals, the economy may end up worse off as these migrants are more likely to add to congestion costs in cities than to contribute to agglomeration benefits. Encouraging human capital formation can stimulate labor mobility for economic gain; and improving access to and quality of basic services in lagging regions will directly improve welfare as well as reduce the type of migration motivated by the search for life-supporting basic services.en
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dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4843
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4038
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4843
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGGLOMERATION BENEFITS
dc.subjectAIR
dc.subjectBASIC SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectBIASES
dc.subjectCAPITAL ACCUMULATION
dc.subjectCAPITAL FORMATION
dc.subjectCENSUSES
dc.subjectCITIZEN
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCOLLEGE EDUCATION
dc.subjectCONGESTION
dc.subjectCONGESTION COSTS
dc.subjectCOST OF LIVING
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICIES
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER
dc.subjectDRIVING
dc.subjectEARNINGS
dc.subjectECONOMETRICS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
dc.subjectEDUCATION LEVEL
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectENROLLMENT
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM MODELS
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectFAMILY PLANNING
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH CENTERS
dc.subjectHEALTH FACILITIES
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHOSPITAL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectIMMIGRANTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOME TAX
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL WELFARE
dc.subjectINTERNAL MIGRATION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subjectINVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MOBILITY
dc.subjectLACK OF ACCESS
dc.subjectLEGAL STATUS
dc.subjectLIMITED ACCESS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLOCAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectLOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectMIGRANT
dc.subjectMIGRANTS
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMIGRATION FLOWS
dc.subjectMINIMUM WAGE
dc.subjectMOBILITY
dc.subjectMOBILITY OF LABOR
dc.subjectMOTIVATION
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectNATIONAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNEO-NATAL CARE
dc.subjectOLD MEN
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOPULATION DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPOPULATION MOVEMENTS
dc.subjectPOPULATION SIZE
dc.subjectPOTENTIAL MIGRANTS
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC EDUCATION
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICIES
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICE
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectPULL FACTORS
dc.subjectREGISTRATION SYSTEM
dc.subjectRETIREMENT
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSEWAGE
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION COST
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION COSTS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYED
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subjectURBAN AMENITIES
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectURBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectURBAN MIGRATION
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectWAGE DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectWORKING HOURS
dc.subjectYOUNG WORKERS
dc.titleConnecting Lagging and Leading Regions : The Role of Labor Mobilityen
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okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.topicTransport
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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