Chapter 10: Worker Mobility
Worker mobility
• movement from one job to another. • this may involve geographical changes, and/or • movement from one employer to another.
Return migration
• a substantial share of immigration involves return migration. • this may be a planned return after a period of time working in a high-wage area, or • it may be the result of unrealized expectations.
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Skills, income distribution, and migration
• when foreign countries have a lower degree of income inequality:
– the return to human capital is likely to be higher in the U.S., – encouraging skilled individuals to emigrate to the U.S.
– friendships with co-workers and members of the community, – family ties, – working environment, – non-pecuniary job benefits, and – characteristics of geographical locations.
