HIGH-TECHNOLOGY JOBS AND WORKER MOBILITY*

ABSTRACT. The premise of this paper is that one can discover much about the location determinants of high-technology industry by examining the location (migration) decision of workers with high-technology occupations. A model of the high-technology worker migration decision is developed that permits estimation of worker response to both personal and area characteristics, the latter chosen to mirror location factors often cited by high-technology firms as important for both the attraction and retention of their specialized work force. Logit estimates of this model between 1975 and 1980 are presented. The paper is concluded with a discussion of policy implications.     

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Race Mathews, David Bennett — a Memoir, Melbourne, Australian Fabian Society (Pamphlet 44), 1985, pp. v + 59. $3.00 (paper)

S. Graubard (ed.), Australia: the Daedalus Symposium, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1985, pp.441. $9.95 (paper)

Senate Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, A Bill of Rights for Australia? An Exposure Report, Canberra, AGPS, 1985, pp.128. $7.60 (paper)

Dean Jaensch, An Introduction to Australian Politics, 2nd edition, Melbourne, Longman Cheshire, 1984, pp.318. $11.95 (paper)