Mobility of Labour means the
movement of labour from one occupation (job) to another occupation and from one
place to another place.
Immobility
of Labour, as against the mobility of labour the non-movement of
labour from one labour to another and from one place to another place is
known as labour immobility.
Geographical mobility
of labour
Movement of labour from one place to another place is
known as geographical mobility of
labour.
There are some reasons for labour immobility; these are called barriers to
labour mobility. The causes of geographical mobility are given below.
(a)
People hesitate to move from place to place because of the huge monetary cost such
as the cost of selling and buying of house, expense of movement
of family etc.
(b)
Unavailability of
housing facilities (Availability of rented house, shortage of
houses for sale etc.) prevents moving from one place to another place.
(c)
Some social factors also stop
workers from moving from place to place, because they do not wish to leave
their families and friends.
(d)
Education facilities such as
system of schooling or mode of teaching may be different at
different places. This may also cause a barrier to move from place to
place
(e)
Other reasons such as, shortage
of workers, or local pay agreement also obstruct the mobility of labour.
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