Distance-Income Migration Trade-off of Young French Workers: An Analysis per Education Level;L'arbitrage distance-revenu dans la décision de migration des jeunes travailleurs français: Une analyse selon le niveau de l'éducation

Regional Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 282-295

  Magrini, Marie Benoît ^a   Lemistre, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

Author keywords

Distance; Labour market entry; Local labour markets; Migration wage return; Self selection bias; Spatial mobility

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; MIGRATION; TRADE-OFF; WAGE;

FRANCE;

EID: 84924325077     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2011.579595     Document Type: Article

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