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dc.contributor.authorBauernschuster, Stefanen
dc.contributor.authorFalck, Oliveren
dc.contributor.authorHeblich, Stephanen
dc.contributor.authorSuedekum, Jensen
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-26-
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-11T15:55:45Z-
dc.date.available2012-10-11T15:55:45Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/64850-
dc.description.abstractWhy are better educated and more risk-friendly persons more mobile across regions? To answer this question, we use micro data on internal migrants from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 2000-2006 and merge this information with a unique proxy for region-pair-specific cultural distances across German regions constructed from historical local dialect patterns. Our findings indicate that risk-loving and skilled people are more mobile over longer distances because they are more willing to cross cultural boundaries and move to regions that are culturally different from their homes. Other types of distance-related migration costs cannot explain the lower distance sensitivity of educated and risk-loving individuals.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x3938en
dc.subject.jelJ61en
dc.subject.jelR23en
dc.subject.jelD81en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordmigrationen
dc.subject.keywordcultureen
dc.subject.keyworddistanceen
dc.subject.keywordhuman capitalen
dc.subject.keywordrisk attitudesen
dc.subject.stwBinnenwanderungen
dc.subject.stwRisikofreudeen
dc.subject.stwBildungsniveauen
dc.subject.stwKulturelle Identitäten
dc.subject.stwEntfernungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleWhy are educated and risk-loving persons more mobile across regions-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn72646337Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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