Labor or worker mobility is the geographical and occupational movement of workers.
Impediments to mobility are easily divided into two distinct classes with one being personal and the other being systemic. Personal impediments include physical
location, and physical and mental ability. The systemic impediments include
educational opportunities as well as various laws and political contrivances and even barriers and hurdles arising from historical happenstance.
Increasing and maintaining a high level of
labor mobility allows a more
efficient allocation of resources and greater productivity.
International labor mobility
International labor mobility is the movement of workers between countries.
It is an example of an
international factor movement. The movement of laborers is based on a difference in resources between countries.
According to economists, over time the migration of labor should have an equalizing effect on wages, with workers in the same industries garnering the same wage.
See also
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Relocation service
Relocation services, employee relocation, military Permanent Change of Station (PCS) or workforce mobility include a range of internal business processes to transfer employees, their families, and/or entire departments of a business to a new loc ...
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Human resources
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Global mobility
References
External links
European Commission'Study on workers'mobility : Short-term international assignments - Final Report 2009
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Labour economics