Integration, Mobility, and Human Capital Formation

15 Pages Posted: 7 Oct 2010

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Alexander Haupt

University of Plymouth - Plymouth Business School; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Silke Uebelmesser

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena - School of Economics and Business Administration; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Date Written: September 30, 2010

Abstract

In this note, we show that labour market integration can be a double-edged sword. In the presence of local human capital externalities, integration and the ensuing agglomeration of skilled labour can cause a decline in human capital and the total wage sum (net of education costs). In particular, integration depresses the incentives for some talented but immobile individuals to become skilled.

Keywords: human capital, migration, labour market integration, agglomeration

JEL Classification: F22, J24, J61, R23

Suggested Citation

Haupt, Alexander and Uebelmesser, Silke, Integration, Mobility, and Human Capital Formation (September 30, 2010). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3190, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1687576 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1687576

Alexander Haupt

University of Plymouth - Plymouth Business School ( email )

Mast House
Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA
United Kingdom

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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Germany

Silke Uebelmesser (Contact Author)

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena - School of Economics and Business Administration ( email )

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D-07743 Jena
Germany

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) ( email )

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Munich, DE-81679
Germany

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