Job Matching Efficiency in Skilled Regions: Evidence on the Microeconomic Foundations of Human Capital Externalities

Inspired by the literature on the role of local career networks for the quality of labour market matches we investigate whether human capital externalities arise from a higher job matching efficiency in skilled regions. Using two samples of workers in Germany we find that an increase in the regional...

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Main Author: Daniel F. Heuermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Politecnico di Torino 2012-10-01
Series:European Journal of Spatial Development
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Online Access:https://journals.polito.it/index.php/EJSD/article/view/204