However, due to institutional and cultural factors it would be very hard, and impossible in the short run, to eliminate the disparity in unemployment between different regions simply by increasing the mobility of labor. Therefore, other programs should also be used to try alleviate the problem of unemployment by developing the economies of those regions with the highest unemployment rates to create jobs and thereby decrease unemployment. This economic development can be achieved through investment and entrepreneurial initiatives either domestically or by people from other regions, and both of these methods should be considered as options to promote economic development.