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The geographic reach of knowledge spillovers : a functional regression approach with precise geo-referenced data

Eppelsheimer, Johann; Rust, Christoph - 2019

This paper applies functional regression to precise geo-coded register data to measure productivity spillovers from high-skilled workers. We use a smoothing splines estimator to model the spatial distribution of high-skilled workers as continuous curves. Our rich panel data allows us to address...

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Spatial mobility and wage profiles : the role of general and location specific human capital matching

Morkutė, Gintarė - 2016

While there is a wealth of literature dealing with the spatial nature of knowledge and its transferral, I argue that the underlying mechanisms have not been sufficiently understood. Existing research relating the geography of inflows to firm productivity does not adequately address firm and...

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Long-lasting labour market consequences of German unification

Blien, Uwe; Möller, Joachim; Phan thi Hong Van; … - 2015 - (Final version: Sept. 14, 2015)

persistently lower wages and higher unemployment rates in eastern compared with western Germany. …

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Is higher education mobility a good investment for EU lagging regions? : the case of Master and Back, an active labour market policy co‐financed by the European Social Fund. : XII...

Orrù, Enrico - 2012

This research claims that investing European Union (EU) Structural Funds in Learning Mobility (LM) might lead to further regional polarization. LM is a type of labour mobility finalized to acquire new knowledge (human capital) and social networks (social capital). Historically, LM has been...

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A question of gender? : how promotions affect earnings

Bächmann, Ann-Christin; Zucco, Aline - 2020

Occupational positions can explain an important part of the differences in pay between men and women. However, a considerable Gender Pay Gap exists even within the same occupational position. In this paper, we aim at understanding the reasons for the gap within occupational positions and,...

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Provincial valuations of human capital in urban China, inter-provincial inequality and the implicit value of a Guangdong hukou

Zax, Jeffrey S. - 2016

This paper assesses regional inequality in contemporary urban China by predicting earningss for individual workers in multiple provinces, comparing the province of maximum predicted earnings to the province of residence and assessing the predicted gains from relocation. The paper performs the...

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Matching higher education offer with labour market needs till 2020 : the case of Lodzkie region

Arendt, Lukasz; Rzenca, Agnieszka - 2014

Transformation to post-industrial or knowledge-based economies causes changes in the structure of labour markets with growing demand on highly-qualified workforce. In XXI century human capital has become one of the most important production factors determining competitiveness and innovativeness...

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Modelling migration and regional labour markets : an application of new economic geography model RHOMOLO

Kancs, D'Artis; López-Bazo, Enrique; Manca, Fabio; … - 2012 - Preliminary draft

function of relative population, relative real wages per employee, relative unemployment rate and regional connectivity (as … estimates of the coefficients of relative wages and relative unemployment within in the same range. Secondly, we econometrically …

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Downward drifting sticky floors? : evidence on the development of wage inequality among foreigners in Germany

Ludsteck, Johannes; Lehmer, Florian - 2013 - Preliminary and incomplete

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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Regional labour markets in Brazil : the role of skills and agglomeration economies

Barufi, Ana Maria Bonomi - 2014

part of the paper presents a discussion how higher wages can be found in denser areas, where the economic activity is more … on long time lags are considered. The results show that there is a positive and significant effect of density over wages … potential, related to the New Economic Geography literature, does not capture this positive relationship with wages in the same …

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