Eggert, Wolfgang; Krieger, Tim; Meier, Volker - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der … - 2009
This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions andinterregional migration are endogenous. The poorer region exhibits both lower wagesand higher unemployment rates, and migrants to the richer region are disproportionallyskilled. The brain drain from the poor to...