The effects of residential mobility of dual career families to the employment stability and job access

Abstrakti

The importance of the human capital component for the operation of the economy has been widely recognized in recent decades. Specifically, human investment is seen to contribute to economic growth not least through its effects on productivity, earnings, job mobility, entrepreneurial skills, and technological innovation. Yet, the need to build up human capital is no new message. It has been noticed already at the end of 18th century (Adam Smith 1776) that improvements in the skills of workers are a critical source of economic progress (Asplund 1989, 7).