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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/10949| Appears in Collections: | Economics Working Papers |
| Title: | Why Are Educated and Risk-Loving Persons More Mobile Across Regions? |
| Author(s): | Bauernschuster, Stefan Falck, Oliver Heblich, Stephan Sudekum, Jens |
| Contact Email: | stephan.heblich@stir.ac.uk |
| Citation: | Bauernschuster S, Falck O, Heblich S & Sudekum J (2012) Why Are Educated and Risk-Loving Persons More Mobile Across Regions?. IZA Discussion Paper, 6860. http://ftp.iza.org/dp6860.pdf |
| Keywords: | migration culture distance human capital risk attitudes |
| Issue Date: | 30-Sep-2012 |
| Date Deposited: | 11-Feb-2013 |
| Publisher: | The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |
| Series/Report no.: | IZA Discussion Paper, 6860 |
| Abstract: | Why are better educated and more risk-friendly persons more mobile across regions? To answer this question, we use micro data on internal migrants from the German Socio- Economic Panel (SOEP) 2000-2006 and merge this information with a unique proxy for region-pair-specific cultural distances across German regions constructed from historical local dialect patterns. Our findings indicate that risk-loving and skilled people are more mobile over longer distances because they are more willing to cross cultural boundaries and move to regions that are culturally different from their homes. Other types of distance-related migration costs cannot explain the lower distance sensitivity of educated and risk-loving individuals. |
| Type: | Working Paper |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1893/10949 |
| URL: | http://ftp.iza.org/dp6860.pdf |
| Rights: | Publisher allows this work to be made available in this repository. IZA DP No. 6860, September 2012, published by IZA. Original publication is available at: http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=6860 |
| Affiliation: | Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Germany Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Germany Economics University of Duisburg-Essen |
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