Educational mismatch and spatial flexibility in Italian local labour markets

According to recent literature, this paper highlights the relevance of spatial mobility as an explanatory factor of the individual risk of job-education mismatch. To investigate this causal link, [the authors] use individual information about daily home-to-work commuting time and choices to relocate in a different local area to get a job. [The authors'] model takes into account relevant local labour market features. [The authors] control for selective access to employment and test for endogeneity of spatial mobility. Results show a negative impact of commuting time on educational mismatch for ... Show more

Authors: Croce, Giuseppe; Ghignoni, Emanuela

Published: London, England, Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2015

Resource type: Article

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