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Geographical Labor Market Imbalances

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This introductory chapter presents the book concept and tries to draw the red line which connects its various parts. It does so by means of a presentation of the main content of each chapter of the book, which is located in the relevant literature in order to allow the reader to better appreciate the main novelties.

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Notes

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    This research has also led to the elaboration of a new routine in STATA for computing the Lilien index (Ansari et al. 2014).

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    See also, i.e., Henderson (1997), Combes (2000), Rosenthal and Strange (2004), de Groot et al. (2009), Melo et al. (2009). For a recent review of the literature, see Beaudry and Shiffauerova (2009).

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  1. Department of Economic and Social Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy

    Chiara Mussida

  2. Department of Law, Seconda Università di Napoli, Palazzo Melzi, Piazza Matteotti, 81055, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Caserta, Italy

    Francesco Pastore

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    Chiara Mussida

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    Francesco Pastore

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Mussida, C., Pastore, F. (2015). Introduction. In: Mussida, C., Pastore, F. (eds) Geographical Labor Market Imbalances. AIEL Series in Labour Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55203-8_1

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