Education and regional mobility in Europe

Christoph Weiss

Economics of Education Review, 2015, vol. 49, issue C, 129-141

Abstract: This paper estimates the impact of education on regional mobility in Europe using compulsory schooling reforms. Using data on individuals from eight European countries, I find that people who are induced by a school reform to acquire one more year of education are much more likely to relocate to another region in their country between the age of 15 and 50. I also show that education increases the probability of moving to a city for people from rural areas.

Keywords: Education; Regional migration; Compulsory schooling reforms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 J24 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2015.09.003

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