Education and mobility

Stephen Machin, Panu Pelkonen and Kjell G Salvanes

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Abstract: We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based on a quasi-exogenous staged Norwegian school reform, and register data on the whole population. Based on the results, we conclude that part of the US-Europe difference, as well as the European North-South difference in labour mobility, is likely to be due to differences in levels of education in the respective regions.

JEL-codes: N0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 54 pages
Date: 2008-12
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Journal Article: EDUCATION AND MOBILITY (2012)
Working Paper: Education and Mobility (2008)
Working Paper: Education and Mobility (2008)
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