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URL:
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http://ub-madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/1446
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URN:
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-14464
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Document Type:
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Working paper
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Year of publication:
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2006
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Publication language:
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English
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Institution:
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Sonstige Einrichtungen > ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
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MADOC publication series:
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Veröffentlichungen des ZEW (Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) > ZEW Discussion Papers
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Subject:
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330 Economics
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Classification:
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JEL:
C35 J61 R23 ,
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Subject headings (SWD):
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Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt , Humankapital , Wettbewerb , Deutschland , Regionalwirtschaft
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Keywords (English):
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interregional job matches , destination choice , human capital
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Abstract:
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By examining the destination choice patterns of heterogenous labor, this paper tries to explain the skill composition of internal job matching flows in Germany. Estimates from a nested logit model of destination choice suggest that spatial job matching patterns by high-skilled individuals are mainly driven by interregional income differentials, while interregional job matches by less-skilled individuals are much more affected by regional differentials in job opportunities. Regional differentials in non-pecuniary assets slightly contribute to spatial sorting processes in Germany. Such differences in destination choices by skill level are partly modified by different spatial patterns of job-to-job matches and job matches after unemployment. Simulating job matching patterns in a scenario of economic convergence between eastern and western Germany demonstrates that wage convergence is the most effective means of attracting human capital to eastern Germany.
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Additional information:
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[Working paper]
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