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During the "Age of Mass Migration", many Chinese migrants came to the Netherlands Indies. We propose that these … construct a new dataset of migration and potential surplus earnings for different types of work. Our analyses show that high … earnings for skilled work, but not for unskilled work, strongly incentivized migration. Given the scarcity of skilled labour in …
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This paper discusses a model of the New Economic Geography, in which the seminal core-periphery model of Krugman (1991) is extended by endogenous research activities. Beyond the common "anonymous" consideration of R&D expenditures within fixed costs, this model introduces vertical product...
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One of the most prominent instruments of regional policy is to foster education and human capital formation in economically lagging regions. However, regional policy of this type can actually hurt instead of help the poor areas. The reason is that individual geographical mobility increases with...
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The aim of this research is to explore the effect of a lower return on education in peripheral regions of a country compared to core regions on the decision of individuals in each region to acquire human capital by advancing their education. In addition, the study examines how these decisions...
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