The Role of Human Capital Investments in the Location Decisions of Firms

Niko Matouschek and Frederic Robert-Nicoud

No 3875, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: We explore the role of human capital investments in the location decisions of firms. We show that whether human capital investments act as a force for or against concentration depends on who is undertaking them and whether they are industry- or firm-specific. We also discuss the empirical predictions of our theoretical analysis.

Keywords: Firm location; Human capital investment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J41 R13 R30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-04
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