The returns to job mobility and inter-regional migration: Evidence from Germany

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 549-571

  Lehmer, Florian ^a   Ludsteck, Johannes ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contemporaneous returns; Inter regional migration; Job mobility; Regional characteristics; Wage growth

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MIGRATION; MOBILITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE;

GERMANY;

EID: 79961056461     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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