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AUTHOR
Kent Eliasson
Supplemental Material, MigrFinSwe-2020-3-17-supplement - Regional concentration of university graduates: The role of high school grades and parental background
Supplemental Material, MigrFinSwe-2020-3-17-supplement for Regional concentration of university graduates: The role of high school grades and parental background by Kent Eliasson, Mika Haapanen and Olle Westerlund in European Urban and Regional Studies
Regional concentration of university graduates : The role of high school grades and parental background
In this paper, we analyse long-term changes in the regional distribution and migration flows of university graduates in Finland and Sweden. This study is based on detailed longitudinal population register data, including information on high school grades and parental background. We find a distinct pattern of skill divergence across regions in both countries over the last 3 decades. The uneven distribution of human capital has been reinforced by the mobility patterns of university graduates, for whom regional sorting by high school grades and parental background is evident. Our findings indicate that traditional measures of human capital concentration most likely underscore actual regional …
Patterns of inter- and intra-regional differences in human capital and earnings : Evidence from Finland and Sweden 1987–2015
In this paper, we examine the long-term patterns of geographical disparities in human capital and income in Finland and Sweden over the period 1987–2015. Using nationwide longitudinal population register data, we analyze disparities at different spatial scales, between and within functional labor market regions determined by observed travel-to-work patterns. Contrary to the findings from many other developed economies indicating inter-regional divergence in per capita income, we find indications of inter-regional convergence in per capita earnings among the functional labor market regions in both countries after 2000. However, small, and peripheral regions have not recovered from the macroe…