Pushing labour market mobility among job seekers can back fire!

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The Effects of Promoting Labour Market Mobility, Intended and Unintended

Many countries offer financial support to unemployed job seekers with the goal of increasing their willingness to search for employment beyond their local labour market. There is clear evidence that geographical mobility among unemployed job seekers improves their employment prospects. Next to individual gains, promoting such policies is an attractive path for public policy to equalize regional economic disparities.