Integration, Mobility, and Human Capital Formation

In this note, we show that labour market integration can be a double-edged sword. In the presence of local human capital externalities, integration and the ensuing agglomeration of skilled labour can cause a decline in human capital and the total wage sum (net of education costs). In particular, integration depresses the incentives for some talented but immobile individuals to become skilled

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Haupt, Alexander
Other Persons:	Uebelmesser, Silke (contributor)
Publisher:	[2010]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Humankapital \| Human capital \| Bildungsinvestition \| Human capital investment \| Theorie \| Theory \| Arbeitsmobilität \| Labour mobility

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (15 p)
Series:	CESifo Working Paper Series ; No. 3190
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments September 30, 2010 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.1687576 [DOI]
Classification:	F22 - International Migration ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; R23 - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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