Is human capital accumulation a self-propelling process? Comparing educational attainment levels of movers and stayers

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 323-344

  Waldorf, Brigitte S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; MIGRATION; MOBILITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349148578     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-008-0225-z     Document Type: Article

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