American Economic Journal: Economic Policy · 2024 · [{"name": "Michael Amior", "affiliation": ["Hebrew University of Jerusalem"]}]
中文摘要
受教育程度较高的劳动者接受的远距离工作邀约要多得多，并且在遭遇本地冲击后更快地迁移。我将此归因于其劳动力市场经历中的一个基本特征——与地理位置无关：工作匹配质量的高回报。如果一份好的工作邀约恰好来自远方，那么匹配剩余就更有可能证明搬迁成本的合理性。这在空间上“润滑”了劳动力市场。利用工资转换数据（以及工作阶梯模型），我表明这可以解释流动性差异的大部分。这些差异可以通过补贴远距离匹配来弥合，我对此量化了相应的成本。（JEL I26, J24, J41, J61, R23）
Abstract
Better educated workers accept many more long-distance job offers, and relocate quicker following local shocks. I attribute this to a fundamental feature of their labor market experience, unrelated to geography: large returns to job match quality. If a good offer happens to originate from far away, the match surplus is then more likely to justify the cost of moving. This “lubricates” labor markets spatially. Using wage transition data (and a jobs ladder model), I show this can explain the bulk of mobility differentials. These differentials can be closed by subsidizing long-distance matches, and I quantify the cost of doing so. (JEL I26, J24, J41, J61, R23)