strong relationship between regional unemployment and average wages on the one hand, and migration flows on the other. Yet …, the evidence from transition economies indicates that the efficacy of migration in reducing inter-regional unemployment … immigration, and, similarly, unemployment tends to discourage overall mobility rather than encourage net emigration. Moreover …

indicates that the efficacy of migration in reducing interregional unemployment and wage differentials is low. High wages appear … to encourage and high unemployment tends to discourage overall migration, inbound and outbound, rather than induce a net …Does migration facilitate regional adjustment to idiosyncratic shocks? The evidence from post-communist economies …

can be better understood thanks to the concept of local social capital. -- European unemployment ; geographical mobility …European labor markets are characterized by the low geographical mobility of workers. The absence of mobility is a … factor behind high unemployment when jobless people prefer to remain in their home region rather than to go prospecting in …