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Human capital sorting : The "when" and "who" of the sorting of educated workers to urban regions
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- Ahlin, Lina (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,CIRCLE,Institutionen för designvetenskaper,Institutioner vid LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Department of Design Sciences,Departments at LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH,Lund Univ, SWE
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- Andersson, Martin (author)
- Blekinge Tekniska Högskola,Blekinge Institute of Technology,Lund University,Lunds universitet,CIRCLE,Institutionen för designvetenskaper,Institutioner vid LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Department of Design Sciences,Departments at LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH,Research Institute of Industrial Economics,Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum,Institutionen för industriell ekonomi
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- Thulin, Per, 1963- (author)
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology,KTH,Redovisning, Finansiering & Förändring,Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, Stockholm, Sweden,Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, SWE
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- 2017-10-27
- 2018
- English.
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In: Journal of regional science. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0022-4146 .- 1467-9787. ; 58:3, s. 581-610
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Abstract
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- The sorting of high-ability workers is often advanced as one source of spatial disparities in economic outcomes. There are still few papers that analyze when human capital sorting occurs and whom it involves. Using data on 16 cohorts of university graduates in Sweden, we demonstrate significant sorting to urban regions on high school grades and education levels of parents, i.e., two attributes typically associated with latent abilities that are valued in the labor market. A large part of this sorting has already occurred in deciding where to study, because the top universities in Sweden are predominantly located in urban regions. The largest part of directed sorting on ability indicators occurs in the decision of where to study. Even after controlling for sorting prior to labor market entry, the best and brightest are still more likely to start working in urban regions. However, this effect appears to be driven by Sweden's main metropolitan region, Stockholm. We find no influence of our ability indicators on the probability of starting to work in urban regions after graduation when Stockholm is excluded. Studies of human capital sorting need to account for selection processes to and from universities, because neglecting mobility prior to labor market entry is likely to lead to an underestimation of the extent of the sorting to urban regions.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Social och ekonomisk geografi -- Kulturgeografi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Social and Economic Geography -- Human Geography (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- ability
- geography of talent
- human capital
- labor mobility
- migration
- spatial selection
- spatial sorting
- university graduates
- ability
- geography of talent
- human capital
- labor mobility
- migration
- spatial selection
- spatial sorting
- university graduates
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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