This paper analyzes the relationship between spatial mobility and social mobility. It develops a two-skill-type spatial … income inequality are negatively correlated with relative regional social mobility. In the model, segregation is driven by … mobility in the respective region. …

performance on international markets is shaped by the human factor. This paper proposes managerial mobility as an integral part of … personal background. The paper uses a novel identification strategy grounded in on-the-job search theory to correct estimates … for the presence of self-selected mobility flows. A core finding of the paper is that the maximum return to expertise …

This paper shows that the design of education policy involves a potential conflict between welfare and social mobility …. We consider a setting in which social mobility is maximized under the least elitist public education system, whereas … elitism that maximizes social mobility increases, while the welfare-maximizing degree of elitism decreases. The ranking …

entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity …

Did the Prussian three-class franchise, which politically over-represented the economic elite, affect policy …

We introduce a dynamic model that investigates the persistence and evolution of elite-dominated societies, where … exit options in the evolution of political inclusiveness across generations. An elite comparatively more mobile than the … encourage inclusiveness. Under certain conditions differential mobility may still induce political inclusiveness across …