Spatial mobility and returns to education: Some evidence from a sample of French youth

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-176

  Lemistre, Philippe ^a   Moreau, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE CAPITOLE   (France)

^b TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MOBILITY; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 59749092386     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2008.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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