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Regional unemployment and human capital in transition economies 1
dc.contributor.authorJurajda, Štěpánen_US
dc.contributor.authorTerrell, Katherineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T19:28:07Z
dc.date.available2010-06-01T19:28:07Z
dc.date.issued2009-04en_US
dc.identifier.citationJurajda, ŠtěpÁn; Terrell, Katherine (2009). "Regional unemployment and human capital in transition economies 1 ." Economics of Transition 17(2): 241-274. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72608>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0967-0750en_US
dc.identifier.issn1468-0351en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72608
dc.description.abstractDifferences in regional unemployment in post-communist economies are large and persistent. We show that within-country regional variation in inherited human capital in four such economies explains the bulk of regional variation in unemployment; we explore potential explanations. Our evidence suggests that internal skill-biased migration and the flow of foreign direct investment are not working as adjustment mechanisms but rather help explain the lack of convergence in regional unemployment rates. Although this capital and labour mobility pattern is consistent with the presence of regional skill spillovers, we find little support for this hypothesis. Instead, the observed migration pattern appears to arise from different skill-specific adjustments to regional shocks brought about in part by labour-market institutions such as guaranteed welfare income.en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rightsJournal compilation © 2009 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Developmenten_US
dc.subject.otherE24en_US
dc.subject.otherJ0en_US
dc.subject.otherJ61en_US
dc.subject.otherUnemploymenten_US
dc.subject.otherHuman Capitalen_US
dc.subject.otherRegional Labour Marketsen_US
dc.subject.otherTransition Economiesen_US
dc.subject.otherLabour Mobilityen_US
dc.subject.otherComplementaritiesen_US
dc.subject.otherSpilloversen_US
dc.subject.otherCzech Republicen_US
dc.subject.otherBulgariaen_US
dc.subject.otherHungaryen_US
dc.subject.otherUkraineen_US
dc.titleRegional unemployment and human capital in transition economies 1en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusinessen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationum** Ford School of Public Policy and Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. E-mail: terrell@umich.eduen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationother* A joint workplace of the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education, Charles University, Prague, and the Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. CERGE-EI, Charles University Prague and Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Politickych veznu 7, Prague 11121, Czech Republic. E-mail: stepan.jurajda@cerge-ei.czen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/72608/1/j.1468-0351.2009.00351.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1468-0351.2009.00351.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceEconomics of Transitionen_US
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