Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Americans have long been willing to relocate in pursuit of a job, and economists believe this willingness is an important factor in the success of the U.S. economy. When workers are highly mobile, ...

Each Labor Day since 2021, I have written posts explaining how breaking down barriers to labor mobility can help many millions of workers around the world. Virtually everything in last year's post is ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This paper analyzes regional labor mobility in Finland using two complementary empirical approaches: a VAR proposed by ...

This paper studies the main factors that explain the low regional mobility in Spain, with a view to identifying policy options at the regional and central level to promote labor mobility. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. Many of us grow impatient if forced to wait 5 minutes to buy ...

Restrictive administrative decisions by the Trump administration are making it more difficult for H-1B visa holders to change jobs. This is an unintended consequence of administration policies. The ...

Researchers warn it’s embedding modern slavery risks, draining critical health skills from Pacific neighbours and delivering ...

Labor Day is a good time to remember that we can make workers vastly better off by empowering more of them to vote with their feet. Today is Labor Day, and - as usual - there is much discussion of ...