Education, unemployment and migration

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Eggert, Wolfgang; Krieger, Tim; Meier, Volker
• 署名单位: University of Freiburg; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; University of Paderborn; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.01.005
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 354-362
• 关键词: Brain drain; Brain gain; education; unemployment; Interregional migration; externalities

摘要

This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions and interregional migration are endogenous. The poorer region exhibits both lower wages and higher unemployment rates, and migrants to the richer region are disproportionally skilled. The brain drain from the poor to the rich region is accompanied by stronger incentives to acquire skills even for immobile workers. Regional shocks tend to affect both regions in a symmetric fashion, and skill-biased technological change reduces wages of the unskilled. Both education and migration decisions are distorted by a uniform unemployment compensation, which justifies a corrective subsidization. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.