Regional Labor Market Disparities in Belgium
Estevào, Marcello
Regional Labor Market Disparities in Belgium - 2003.
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Regional labor market discrepancies have been widening in Belgium over the last two decades and are more evident within particular demographic groups. These developments can largely be accounted for by a worse matching of people to jobs in high-unemployment provinces. Using a structural VAR, we show that labor market dynamics in Belgium produce a strong attenuating effect on employment growth, in contrast to the United States, where initial labor demand shocks are expanded over the long term. Once the short-term adjustment is over, there is less labor migration in Belgium than in the United States or Europe, corroborating the perception that Belgians relocate too little.
Regional Labor Market Disparities in Belgium - 2003.
69
Regional labor market discrepancies have been widening in Belgium over the last two decades and are more evident within particular demographic groups. These developments can largely be accounted for by a worse matching of people to jobs in high-unemployment provinces. Using a structural VAR, we show that labor market dynamics in Belgium produce a strong attenuating effect on employment growth, in contrast to the United States, where initial labor demand shocks are expanded over the long term. Once the short-term adjustment is over, there is less labor migration in Belgium than in the United States or Europe, corroborating the perception that Belgians relocate too little.
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