Structural Determinants of Occupational Mobility in a Regional Labor Market

P C Emmi
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P C Emmi: Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA

Environment and Planning A, 1987, vol. 19, issue 7, 925-948

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to identify structural determinants of intraregional occupational mobility. This is done by developing a Markov chain model of job-vacancy transfers, disaggregating that model into its constituent parts, and identifying each part with a unique structural determinant. The disaggregated Markov model yields probabilities of mobility among occupational sectors for specific subgroups of mobile workers. To clarify ideas, a numerical illustration is developed. It is based on US census data and deals with occupational mobility among male and female members of the work force in the State of Utah.

Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1068/a190925

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