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Ahlin, Lina; Andersson, Martin; Thulin, Per - 2017

Sorting of high-ability workers is a main source of urban-rural disparities in economic outcomes. Less is known about when such human capital sorting occurs and who it involves. Using data on 15 cohorts of university graduates in Sweden, we demonstrate significant sorting to urban regions on...

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Do the Best Go West? An Analysis of the Self-Selection of Employed East-West Migrants in Germany

Brücker, Herbert; Trübswetter, Parvati - 2021

differentials as well as differences in employment opportunities are the central forces which drive East-West migration after …

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The productivity consequences of pollution-induced migration in China

Khanna, Gaurav; Liang, Wenquan; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq; … - 2021

Migration and pollution are two defining features of China's impressive growth perfor- mance over the last 30 years. In … this paper we study the migration response to pollution in Chinese cities, and its consequences for productivity and …

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When have all the graduates gone? : internal cross-state migration of graduates in Germany 1984-2004

Busch, Oliver - 2007

The present paper analyzes the out-migration of graduates to other German states or abroad based on the German Socio … identifies personal characteristics that are highly correlated with out-migration and permanent residence respectively. The …

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