Diverging patterns with endogenous labor migration
Reichlin, P.; Rustichini, A.
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 22(5): 703-728
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0165-1889 PMID: 12321794 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1889(97)00079-1Document Number: 278016
"The standard neoclassical model cannot explain persistent migration flows and lack of cross-country convergence when capital and labor are mobile. Here we present a model where both phenomena may take place.... Our model is based on the Arrow-Romer approach to endogenous growth theory. We single out the importance of a (however weak) scale effect from the size of the workforce.... The main conclusion of this simple model is that lack of convergence, or even divergence, among countries is possible, even with perfect capital mobility and labor mobility."