Interregional Migration ‘Wage Premia’: The Case of Creative and Science and Technology Graduates in the UK

Sarah Jewell and Alessandra Faggian

Chapter Chapter 9 in Applied Regional Growth and Innovation Models, 2014, pp 197-214 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Since the seminal contribution by Sjaastad (1962), the so-called ‘human capital migration theory’ has become extremely popular among economists, especially regional economists. The basic idea is that migration itself can be viewed as an investment in human capital. A rational individual would use relocation as a means to maximize long-term utility and would move if the future discounted benefits of relocating outweigh the costs associated with the move.

Keywords: Propensity Score; Propensity Score Match; Return Migration; Wage Premium; Kernel Match (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37819-5_9

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