This paper considers training, mobility decisions and wages together to test for the specificity of human capital contained in continuing training courses. We empirically analyse the relationship between training, mobility and wages in two ways. First, we examine the correlation between training...

Over the last decades, Europe attracted an increasing number of internationally mobile students. The related influx of talent into European labour markets constituted an important factor to the knowledge economy. This research addresses the question whether changing political landscapes in...

Der vorliegende Bericht fasst die zentralen Befunde einer Untersuchung zusammen, die das IAB Nord im Auftrag der Fachhochschule Kiel (FH Kiel) durchgeführt hat. Die Studie beinhaltet eine Analyse des Erwerbseinstiegs der Absolventen1 der FH Kiel für die Abschlussjahrgänge 2005-2014 und eine...

Little is known about the individual location behavior of self-employed entrepreneurs. This paper investigates the geographical mobility behavior of self-employed entrepreneurs, as compared to employees, thereby shedding new light onto the place embeddedness of self-employment. It examines...