title: Interregional labor migration and information flows.
abstract: A model of interregional labor migration is developed that incorporates a complex system of information concerning migration and employment opportunities, as well as a heterogeneous population in which groups of workers differ in their assumed levels of skill, attitudes toward risk, and willingness to move.  "Three channels are examined:  interpersonal communication, general source information, and specific source information targeted at unemployed workers.  In this process, trajectories of welfare levels (composed of wage plus nonwage benefits), information flows, vacancy and unemployment levels are generated for different worker and job types, regional aggregates, and the system as a whole.  The behavior of the model is examined by means of numerical simulations and sensitivity analyses."
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Amrhein
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005843:Geography; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D019359:Knowledge; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014478:Unemployment
keywords: Communication; Demographic Factors; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Employment; Employment Status; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; Income; Information; Information Distribution; Knowledge; Knowledge Sources; Labor Force; Macroeconomic Factors; Migration; Models, Theoretical; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Unemployment; Wages