Learning mobility grants and skill (mis)matching in the labour market: the case of the 'Master and Back' programme

Riccardo Crescenzi, Luisa Gagliardi and Enrico Orrù

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Abstract: The paper looks at the geographical mobility of graduate students and their skill matching in the labour market. The paper assesses the impact of a learning mobility grant scheme funded by the European Social Fund in Sardinia (ex-Objective 1 region in the Italian Mezzogiorno). The scheme aims to foster regional human capital and increase the employability of local graduates by covering the cost of post-graduate studies in other regions or countries. The econometric analysis is based on a unique dataset that combines administrative data on beneficiaries with information from a dedicated survey. The results suggest that learning mobility grants can reinforce skill matching only if the problem of self-selection of the beneficiaries is properly addressed.

Keywords: mobility; skills; labour markets; regions; European Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J61 R23 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-11-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-mig and nep-ure
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Published in Papers in Regional Science, 1, November, 2016, 95(4), pp. 693-707. ISSN: 1056-8190

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