One important incentive for a regional, decentralised university- and college structure is that higher education institutions should supply the local labour markets with sufficient high-educated labour. Local and regional recruitment to studies is expected to increase the probability that...

A growing body of evidence suggests that reallocation of jobs within and across firms and regions and from low to high-educated labour are essential in driving regional economic growth. Each year, many businesses expand and many others contract. New businesses constantly enter, while others...

The immigration to Norway has increased strongly since the turn of the millennium and especially since the eastward EU-enlargements. The aim of the paper is to investigate the regional settlement and migration patterns of immigrants mostly recognized by their reason of immigration. The...