This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on job market signalling and on education as a job market … importance of relative education as an explanatory variable in a Mincerian- style wage equation. I find the conclusions of this … method to be dependent on the reference group used in defining relative education. Consequently also the second method yields …

negative effects by increasing net migration. Our calculations show that a yearly net migration of 44,000 persons is needed to … stabilize the size of the birth cohorts and the labor force with the current age and gender structure of net migration. The … future net migration of 15,000 persons, also projected by Statistics Finland. We utilize in our numerical calculations a …

negative effects by increasing net migration. Our calculations show that a yearly net migration of 44,000 persons is needed to … stabilize the size of the birth cohorts and the labor force with the current age and gender structure of net migration. The … future net migration of 15,000 persons, also projected by Statistics Finland. We utilize in our numerical calculations a …

The present study analyses migration patterns in Finland to test if microeconomic evidence for the Harris-Todaro model … can be found. The Harris-Todaro hypothesis states that rural-urban migration stems from regional differences in the wage … evidence for the Harris-Todaro model and concludes that rural urban migration is a result of higher wages and, even more so …