What attracts human capital?

• Verfasst von: Arntz, Melanie
• Titel: What attracts human capital?
• Titelzusatz: understanding the skill composition of interregional job matches in Germany
• Verf.angabe: Melanie Arntz
• Verlagsort: Mannheim
• Verlag: ZEW
• Jahr: 2006
• Umfang: 36 S.
• Illustrationen: graph. Darst., Kt.
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Discussion paper / Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung ; 06-062: Labour economics, human resources and social policy
• Fussnoten: Literaturverz. S. 33-36 ; Internetausg.: ftp://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp06062.pdf
• Schlagwörter: (s)Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt / (s)Humankapital / (s)Wettbewerb / (s)Regionalwirtschaft / (g)Deutschland
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Arntz, Melanie, 1977 - : What attracts human capital?. - Mannheim : ZEW, 2006. - Online-Ressource
• K10plus-PPN: 1327735989

Abstract

By examining the destination choice patterns of heterogenous labor, this paper tries to explain the skill composition of internal job matching flows in Germany. Estimates from a nested logit model of destination choice suggest that spatial job matching patterns by high-skilled individuals are mainly driven by interregional income differentials, while interregional job matches by less-skilled individuals are much more affected by regional differentials in job opportunities. Regional differentials in non-pecuniary assets slightly contribute to spatial sorting processes in Germany. Such differences in destination choices by skill level are partly modified by different spatial patterns of job-to-job matches and job matches after unemployment. Simulating job matching patterns in a scenario of economic convergence between eastern and western Germany demonstrates that wage convergence is the most effective means of attracting human capital to eastern Germany.