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Regional Labour Market Developments in Transition: A Survey of the Empirical Literature

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: We summarize the empirical literature on regional labour market development in transition. This literature suggests that transition has been associated with increased regional disparities and there is some indication of polarisation. Capital cities and regions closer to EU-borders developed better and increased integration has also contributed to divergence. Spill-overs within countries, however, tend to be small. Regional disparities are also unlikely to diminish through migration, wage flexibility and capital mobility. Migration is lower in most transition economies than in the EU and capital mobility tends to reinforce existing regional disparities. Only wage flexibility is higher than in most European labour markets.

Source: RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

Author: Peter Huber

Institution: Austrian Institute of Economic Research

Language: English

Topic: Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1534297642

FWCI: 49.63

Cites: 89

Cited by: 56

Related to: 10