IMPLICATIONS OF THE MOBILITY OF SKILLED LABOR FOR LOCAL PUBLIC FUNDING OF HIGHER-EDUCATION

Authors
JUSTMAN M THISSE JF
Citation
M. Justman et Jf. Thisse, IMPLICATIONS OF THE MOBILITY OF SKILLED LABOR FOR LOCAL PUBLIC FUNDING OF HIGHER-EDUCATION, Economics letters, 55(3), 1997, pp. 409-412
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Economics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01651765
Volume
55
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
409 - 412
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(1997)55:3<409:IOTMOS>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Inter-jurisdictional labor mobility reduces the incentive for local pu blic funding of education. This can be rectified by dividing the finan cial burden between the federal and local level, subsidizing local exp enditures by inter-jurisdictional payments based on net migration flow s. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science S.A.