What attracts human capital? Understanding the skill composition of interregional job matches in Germany

Regional Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-441

  Arntz, Melanie ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convergence; Destination choice; Spatial allocation of human capital

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MOBILITY; LABOR POLICY; SKILLED LABOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GERMANY;

EID: 77951672941     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400802663532     Document Type: Article

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