Summary In a long-run social experiment, personal budgets have been tested as an alternative home care program of the German long-term care insurance (LTCI). By granting the monetary value of in kind services in cash, personal budgets are considered to enable customized home care arrangements,...

A<sc>rntz</sc> M., G<sc>regory</sc> T. and L<sc>ehmer</sc> F. Can regional employment disparities explain the allocation of human capital across space, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper examines the determinants of skill-selective regional migration in a context where modelling the migration decision as a wage-maximizing...