Abstract

In this paper, we estimate wage gains due to geographic mobility of Italian university graduates three years after graduation. By means of a matching procedure we quantify wage premia associated with the choice of studying far from home, moving after graduation and moving back home after graduation. We find evidence of large heterogeneity in the returns to different migration patterns. The results show large gains for those who move after graduation and smaller gains for those who migrate to study. Conversely, those who choose to go back home after having studied in regions different from that of origin suffer small losses. Our findings are robust to a finer definition of mobility and to the subsample of individuals originating from the South.

Autore Pugliese

• Di Cintio Marco , Grassi Emanuele

Tutti gli autori

• Di Cintio M. , Grassi E.

Titolo volume/Rivista

PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE

Anno di pubblicazione

2013

ISSN

1056-8190

ISBN

Non Disponibile

Numero di citazioni Wos

5

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

22/04/2018

Numero di citazioni Scopus

8

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

24/04/2018

Settori ERC

Non Disponibile

Codici ASJC

Non Disponibile