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Free Movement of Workers and Native Demand for Tertiary Education
Bächli,Mirjam Tsankova,Teodora
Bächli,Mirjam
Tsankova,Teodora
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We investigate how the introduction of free movement of workers affects enrolment of natives in tertiary education. In a difference-in-differences framework, we exploit a policy change that led to a significant increase in the share of cross-border commuters in local employment in border regions of Switzerland. Our results show a rise in enrolment at Universities of Applied Sciences in affected relative to non-affected regions in the post-reform period but no change in enrolment at traditional universities. Furthermore, we find that enrolment increases in non-STEM fields that build skills less transferable across national borders. This allows for complementarities with foreign workers who are more likely to hold occupations requiring STEM training. Individuals with a labor market oriented education such as vocationally trained respond to the increase in labor market competition because they have employment opportunities and access to tertiary education through Universities of Applied Sciences.
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2020-10
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CAGE Working Paper Series
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cross-border commuting, demand for tertiary education, study field choice, labor market conditions, F22 - International Migration, I26 - Returns to Education, J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity, J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility ; Immigrant Workers, R23 - Regional Migration ; Regional Labor Markets ; Population ; Neighborhood Characteristics, SDG 4 - Quality Education, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
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Bächli, M & Tsankova, T 2020 'Free Movement of Workers and Native Demand for Tertiary Education' CAGE Working Paper Series, Warwick.
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