@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp3845, author={Machin, Stephen and Pelkonen, Panu and Salvanes, Kjell G.}, title={Education and Mobility}, year={2008}, month={Nov}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={3845}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3845}, abstract={We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based on a quasi-exogenous staged Norwegian school reform, and register data on the whole population. Based on the results, we conclude that part of the US-Europe difference, as well as the European North-South difference in labour mobility, is likely to be due to differences in levels of education in the respective regions.}, keywords={mobility;labour market;education}, }