Education, migration, and job satisfaction: The regional returns of human capital in the EU. Bruges European Economic Research (BEER) Papers 1/November 2004

By A. Rodríguez‐Pose, Montserrat Vilalta-Bufí. 2004

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The paper looks at the link between human capital and regional economic performance in the EU. Using indicators of educational stock, the matching of educational supply and labour demand, and migration extracted from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP), it identifies that the economic performance of European regions over the last few years is generally associated with differences in human capital endowment. However, and in contrast to previous studies, the results highlight that factors such as the matching of educational supply and local labour needs, job satisfaction, and migration may have a stronger connection to economic performance than the traditional measures of educational stock.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations

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How does labour mobility affect the performance of plants? The importance of relatedness and geographical proximity (2008, background): “Since knowledge—or work-specific skills—ultimately rests within individuals, the mobility of skilled individuals is frequently stressed as a crucial factor behind knowledge transfer and the competitiveness of firms and regions (Lawson, 1999; Gertler, 2003; Hudson, 2005; Rodriguez-Pose and Vilalta-Bu”
The interregional migration of human capital and its regional consequences: a review (2017, background): “Findings by Rodríguez-Pose and Vilalta-Bufí (2005), based on data from the European Community Household Panel, suggest that factors such as job satisfaction may be more important for enhancing regional growth than the stock of educated workers.”
What is Different About Urbanization in Rich and Poor Countries? Cities in Brazil, China, India and the United States (2017, unknown): “(1964), but rather than inter-urban implications developed by Rosen (1979) and Roback (1982).”
Education or Creativity: What Matters Most for Economic Performance? (2012, background): “However, such detailed information is not available because of anonymization procedures, which is why individual data, like the ELFS or the European Community Household Panel, are often transformed into macrodata at the regional level (Rodríguez-Pose and Vilalta-Bufí 2005).”
The effect of intra- and inter-regional labour mobility on plant performance in Denmark: the significance of related labour inflows (2014, background): “Labour mobility is often regarded as a mechanism that enhances the competitiveness of firms and regions (e.g. Lawson, 1999; Hudson, 2005; Rodriguez-Pose and Vilalta-Bufi, 2005; Dahl and Sorenson, 2011).”
Labour Market Externalities and Regional Growth in Sweden: The Importance of Labour Mobility between Skill-Related Industries (2014, background): “…is nevertheless regarded as an important mechanism through which knowledge and skills between firms and regions are transferred both within countries (MALMBERG and POWER, 2005; IAMMARINO and MCCANN, 2006) and between countries (RODRÍGUEZ-POSE and VILALTA-BUFI, 2005; SAXENIAN and SABEL, 2008).”