Integration, mobility, and human capital formation

In this note, we show that labour market integration can be a double-edged sword. In the presence of local human capital externalities, integration and the ensuing agglomeration of skilled labour can cause a decline in human capital and the total wage sum (net of education costs). In particular, integration depresses the incentives for some talented but immobile individuals to become skilled.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Haupt, Alexander ; Uebelmesser, Silke
Publisher:	Munich : Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Subject:	Humankapital \| Regionale Arbeitsmobilität \| Berufliche Integration \| Agglomerationseffekt \| Externer Effekt \| Bildungsinvestition \| Theorie \| human capital \| migration \| labour market integration \| agglomeration

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Series:	CESifo Working Paper ; 3190
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	639005829 [GVK] hdl:10419/46533 [Handle]
Classification:	F22 - International Migration ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; R23 - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
Source:	EconStor

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