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Education, migration, and job satisfaction: the regional returns of human capital in the EU

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: The paper looks at the link between human capital and regional economic performance in the EU. Using indicators of educational stock, the matching of educational supply and labour demand, and migration extracted from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP), it identifies that the economic performance of European regions over the last few years is generally associated with differences in human capital endowment. However, and in contrast to previous studies, the results highlight that factors such as the matching of educational supply and local labour needs, job satisfaction, and migration may have a stronger connection to economic performance than the traditional measures of educational stock.

Source: Journal of Economic Geography

DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbh067

Authors: Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Montserrat Vilalta-Bufí

Institutions: London School of Economics and Political Science, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Language: English

Topic: Economic Growth and Productivity

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1967076530

FWCI: 16.36

Cites: 42

Cited by: 166

Related to: 10