Location-Specific Human Capital, Location Choiceand Amenity Demand

The role of amenities in the flow of migrants has been debated for some years. This paperadvances an original model of amenities that work through household production instead ofdirectly through the utility function. Area characteristics (amenities) affect householdproduction, causing certain kinds of human capital investments to be rewarded more thanothers...

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Year of publication:	2007-08-01
Authors:	Krupka, Douglas J.
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Humankapital \| Migration \| migration \| Bequemlichkeit \| amenities \| Ort \| location specificity

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Extent:	357171.2 bytes 32 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Discussion Papers IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 2987 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; R23 - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population ; Personnel management, Personnel planning and Personnel development ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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