Education and mobility

We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based on a quasi-exogenous staged Norwegian school reform, and register data on the whole population. Based on the results, we conclude that part of the US-Europe difference, as well as the European North-South difference in labour mobility, is likely to be due to differences in levels of education in the respective regions.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Machin, Stephen ; Pelkonen, Panu ; Salvanes, Kjell G.
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Allgemeinbildende Schule \| Dauer \| Arbeitsmobilität \| Korrelation \| Norwegen \| Education \| mobility \| labour market

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 3845
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	586098216 [GVK] hdl:10419/35747 [Handle]
Classification:	I28 - Government Policy
Source:	EconStor

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