title: Prior geographic mobility and job search length.
abstract: The effect of previous geographic mobility on the length of an unemployed person's job search in the United States is examined.  "This study proposed that knowledge of regional wage differentials and other market conditions give a worker with prior geographic mobility experience a better stock of information than one who has worked all of his or her work life in the same geographical location.  It is proposed that this superior stock of information has a significant impact on the amount of time it takes an unemployed worker to locate and accept a job."  Data are from the 1981 Panel Study of Income Dynamics.
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authors.lastname: Goss
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005843:Geography; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014478:Unemployment; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Employment; Employment Status; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; Income; Information; Labor Force; Macroeconomic Factors; Migration; Migration, Internal; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Residential Mobility; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; Time Factors--determinants; Unemployment; United States; Wages