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The final statement in the article engages in a fallacy that all members in a job market have the same level of mobility without consideration of individual fac
by drone 14y ago
The final statement in the article engages in a fallacy that all members in a job market have the same level of mobility without consideration of individual factors, such as:
* Potential age-bias for older workers ([1] is an example of the discussion related to this, without being exhaustive obviously)
* Local job market (relevant and equivalent positions)
* Physical mobility (family situation, value of house in market relative to mortgage for re-location)
* Spousal situation (Spouse may not be able to relocate)
It's always so easy to dismiss the workers in these cases and say "they should just leave," but this meme gets out-of-hand. The reality is it's often no easier to leave than to stay, and in some situations quite difficult to do so. This should never be used to excuse abusive practices by employers with the line "well, the market will take care of it."
[1] http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/h1b.html http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/h1b.html
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