02229cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF014222 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475598476 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Dao, Mai. Regional Labor Market Adjustments in the United States and Europe / Mai Dao, Davide Furceri, Prakash Loungani. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014. 1 online resource (37 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students We examine patterns of regional adjustments to shocks in the US during the past 40 years. Using state-level data, we estimate the dynamic response of regional employment, unemployment, participation rates and net migration to state-relative labor demand shocks. We find that (i) the long-run effect of a state-specific shock on the state employment level has decreased over time, suggesting less overall net migration in response to a regional shock, (ii) the role of the participation rate as absorber of regional shocks has increased, (iii) the response of net migration to regional shocks is stronger, while that of relative unemployment is weaker during aggregate downturns, and (iv) the change in the response intensity of migration is related to the declining trend in regional dispersion of labor market conditions. Finally, using regional data for a set of 21 European countries, we show that while the short-term response of participation rates to labor demand shocks is typically larger in Europe than in the US, the immediate response of net migration in Europe has increased over time. Mode of access: Internet Furceri, Davide. Loungani, Prakash. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/026 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2014/026/001.2014.issue-026-en.xml IMF e-Library