Widespread Labor Stickiness in the New England Offshore Fishing Industry: Implications for Adjustment and Regulation
研究新英格兰近海渔业中劳动力难以流动的现象，发现即使在大型多元化港口，劳动力也缺乏流动性，这对渔业资源管理和产业调整政策有重要影响。
In the last two decades, a substantial body of economic research has been directed at the management of fishery resources. Many of the studies, however, assume that the movement of resources in and out of the industry is relatively easy and costless. The main exceptions involve theories of nonmalleable capital and the recognition that labor is likely to be immobile in small, isolated ports where fishing is the principal economic activity.' The possibility of labor immobility in large, diversified ports has been ignored. Most studies of the fishing industry also assume that labor force adjustment occurs at a single margin defined by the marginal productivity of labor. Because fishermen share equally in the net revenue of the vessel, this implies that job loss during an industry contraction is concentrated among the least productive fishermen.