respect to the role of migration. Interestingly, migration seems to be unimportant for the convergence process, at odds with …

Västernorrland due to better opportunities to get a job and education. With regard to out-migration, the findings also suggest that … usually mentioned as main reasons why remote and economically weak regions are affected by selective out-migration and … out-migration of young women from rural areas. This sex-biased out-migration has been ongoing for more than 40 years for …

' demographic prospects. We investigate the determinants of migration balances of German cities focusing on mobility of workers and … the significance of jobs and amenities. With investigating cities' migration balances we choose a rather direct measure of … persistent disparities in labour market performance and amenities across cities and the high internal migration - in particular …

the causal effect of education on the inter-regional migration. First we consider the impact of the reform on the …In the 1990s polytechnic education reform took place in Finland, which gradually expanded higher education to all … Finnish regions; the polytechnics constituted a new non-university sector in higher education. This reform is used to study …

High levels of net migration to the UK have contributed to growing cultural diversity, and researchers are turning … diversity and co-ethnic networks play? And do cities amplify or dampen these channels? I explore using a rich dataset of over 6 …

determined both the attractiveness of different US counties at the time of migration, as well as current levels of development …. The results indicate that while there is a strong and positive impact associated with overall migration, the national …