Using bilateral data on migration across US metro areas, we find strong evidence that increasing house price and income … inequality has reduced long distance migration, the type most linked to jobs. For those migrating uphill, from a less to a more … dominate the incentives from higher earnings. By contrast, increasing income inequality drives the fall in downhill migration …

significant negative effect on output convergence?by discouraging migration within Canada?the Equalization transfers may have … on output convergence. The evidence suggests that while the Employment Insurance (EI) system seems to have had a … helped spur convergence. The EI system, despite reforms introduced in the 1990s, still appears to contain features that deter …

economic migration from rural to urban areas within a fast-growing emerging economy. While individuals cannot easily alter …

unemployment by about 2.2 pp after five years. If sequencing is required, starting with PMRs would be more effective in boosting … output, while starting with LMRs would reduce unemployment faster. Finally, increasing unemployment benefits would be more …

unemployment. What is required instead is deeper labor market reforms across a broader range of complementary policies and …

employment, unemployment, and economic growth in OECD countries. The paper examines a number of facets of tax and welfare policy …