G01-YS2 Regional and Urban Development
| Thursday, August 30, 2018 |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
| WGB_G16 |
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Chair: Stephan Goetz
Speaker
Ms Lisa Bellmann
Ph.D. Student
Institute For Employment Research (IAB)
Does regional unemployment affect startups' hires?
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Lisa Bellmann (p), Udo Brixy
Discussant for this paper
Simonetta Longhi
Abstract
'see extended abstract'
Dr. Kerstin Tanis
Post-Doc Researcher
Federal Office for Migration and Refugees Germany
The Effect of Spatial Concentration on Immigrants’ Labour Market Performance during the Economic Cycle – Evidence from Germany
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Kerstin Tanis (p), Anette Haas
Discussant for this paper
Simonetta Longhi
Abstract
see extended abstract
Mr Zsolt Csáfordi
Ph.D. Student
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Inter-firm labor mobility networks: The effect of network characteristics on intra-industry productivity differences
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
László Lőrincz , Zsolt Csáfordi (p), Károly Miklós Kiss
Discussant for this paper
Simonetta Longhi
Abstract
Why are productivity differences maintained between firms in the same industry? Labor mobility is a means of knowledge spillovers between firms, and is particularly intense between firms of the same industry. Therefore we examine how the intensity and structure of labor mobility between firms is associated with the productivity dispersion of industries. We use econometric analysis of the Hungarian administrative and firm data in 2003-2011 on labor mobility and productivity dispersion in the first part of the paper. In the second part we present an agent-based model of labor mobility, and analyze the simulated results for better understanding the mechanisms driving the examined relationship. We find in both analyses that labor mobility itself is not sufficient to decrease productivity differences, but a dense network of mobility involving the firms is necessary. We also analyze the role of modularity of this network, and do not find its expected impact.
