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The aim of the present paper is to shed light on the determinants of geographical mobility and location choices of skilled individuals across the European regions. The most talented workers, e.g. inventors, move for a number of reasons, contributing in this manner to the geographical diffusion...
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We employ the German social security register data to analyze the development of wage inequality among foreigners in Germany. The data show a sharp increase of wage inequality which exceeds the size observed for natives. The decomposition methods proposed by DiNardo et al. (1996) are employed to...
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This paper analyzes the relationship between spatial mobility and social mobility. It develops a two-skill-type spatial equilibrium model of two regions with location preferences where each region consists of an urban area which is home to workplaces and residences and an exclusively residential...
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results are very suggestive to understand the causes of migration and the constraints to the development of centralities. …
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out of the main focus. Yet, regional migration accentuates diversity in the progress of ageing. In fact, while households … change proceeds at the neighbourhood level in an ageing region and to what extent regional migration and neighbourhood choice … decline during the past decades. Apart from Eastern Germany, due to decades of net migration to more prosperous regions, the …
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whether migration contribute to change the labor market status of immigrants (like in job, in education, unemployed or outside … immigrated for the first time. To measure the specific effects of migration on change of labor market status, we have compared …. Domestic migration has to a certain extent been beneficial for immigrants to obtain employment or to carry out an education …
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economic activities and migration. Section 2 introduces a simple matching theory model based on previous studies. This theory …. Results show that once migration and a population drain occur, such fiscal policies might deteriorate the regional economy …
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, sometimes historically rooted in the distant past, and, second, by migration. Given the spatial characteristics of Russia …, cultural diversity of cities and regions is driven not only by international, but also by internal migration. When studying the … correlation is only observed between growth of income, wages and share of international migration. Econometric estimation of the …
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This paper illustrates the effect of employment in the tradable sector on employment in the non-tradable sector in the same city with a simple model. The model predicts a significant positive local employment multiplier that increases in size with the unemployment rate. It also predicts that the...
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We analyse the impacts that infrastructure provision has on long run urban development. The topic is of major importance to policy-makers when deciding whether or not to invest in major infrastructure projects. The analysis helps policy-makers to understand the intended, and potentially...
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