Human Capital and Regional Wage Gaps

Enrique Lopez-Bazo and Elisabet Motellón

No 200924, IREA Working Papers from University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics

Abstract: This paper uses micro-level data to analyse the effect of human capital on regional wage differentials. The results for the set of Spanish regions confirm that they differ in the endowment of human capital, but also that the return that individuals obtain from it varies sharply across regions. Regional heterogeneity in returns is especially intense in the case of education, particularly when considering its effect on the employability of individuals. These differences in endowment and, especially, in returns to human capital, account for a significant proportion of regional wage gaps.

Keywords: Education; Experience; Regional disparities; Returns to human capital; Wage gap decomposition. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2009-11, Revised 2009-11
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