A test of the theory of geographic mobility.
The ability of wage differentials to perform the function of allocating labor supplies, as posited by conventional economic theory, is the central issue of recent research on labor mobility. Most mobility studies, however, have taken the local labor market as the framework for study and analysis of interfirm, interindustry, or interoccupational movements of workers. This article is concerned with ruralurban and interregional worker movements with respect to appropriate differences in money wages. The results tend to support the hypothesis that the flows of workers in movement are typically from areas of low net advantage to areas of high net advantage, as measured by income differentials. (Author's abstract courtesy EBSCO.)
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1961
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Authors: | Bunting, Robert L. |
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Industrial and Labor Relations Review. - School of Industrial & Labor Relations, ISSN 0019-7939. - Vol. 15.1961, 1, p. 75-82
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations |
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