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agglomeration of skilled labour can reduce "real" income in both regions. Even if there is a "winning" region, human capital and …
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externalities and congestion eects. We show that integration can be a double-edged sword. Integration and the ensuing agglomeration …
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capital externalities, integration and the ensuing agglomeration of skilled labour can cause a decline in human capital and …
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capital externalities, integration and the ensuing agglomeration of skilled labour can cause a decline in human capital and …
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This paper provides a simple theory of geographical mobility which simultaneously explains people’s choice of residences in space and the location of industry. Residences are chosen on the basis of the utility which mobile households obtain across locations. The spatial pattern of industry is...
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immobile individuals to become skilled. -- human capital ; migration ; labour market integration ; agglomeration … capital externalities, integration and the ensuing agglomeration of skilled labour can cause a decline in human capital and …
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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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Developing countries invest in training skilled workers and can lose part of their investment if those workers emigrate. One response is for the destination countries to design ways to participate in financing skilled emigrants’ training before they migrate—linking skill creation and skill...
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We analyze the effects of the increase in China's import competition on Mexican domestic and international migration …
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the agglomeration effect is hard to identify. Recent advances make use of individual level data to separate out sorting … population in Norway with complete description of their education level. The data allow for estimation of the agglomeration … effect for different education groups and the results show that agglomeration economies are increasing with education level …
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