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Title: Self-Selection and Internal Migration in the United States
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Borjas, George J. Bronars, Stephen G. Trejo, Stephen J. |
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Self-Selection and Internal Migration in the United States NLS Discussion Paper No. 92-14, Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 1990. Also: Final Report, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1990. Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor Keyword(s): Endogeneity; Human Capital; Job Skills; Labor Market Demographics; Migration; Mobility; Skills; Socioeconomic Factors; Wage Differentials Existing research in the internal migration literature focuses on the question of what socioeconomic factors determine the size of the migrant flow. These studies typically use the human capital framework and try to ascertain the empirical importance of migration costs and benefits in determining the individual's probability of experiencing geographic mobility. This research analyzes not only the size and direction of migration flows but also their skill composition. In particular, the authors' main concern is the impact of the endogenous migration decision on the average skills which characterize the self-selected sample of migrants. Using data from the 1979-1986 NLSY, the authors find that: (1) in general, migration rates are higher for workers who are more skilled; and (2) an increase in skills has a larger impact on the migration propensity in states offering small payoffs to skill. The second part of this report examines how the hourly earnings of interstate migrants are affected by the number of years they have spent in their destination state. Results indicate that internal migrants to a state initially earn about ten percent less than demographically comparable natives, but because the earnings growth experienced by recent migrants exceeds that of natives, this wage differential disappears within a few years. The initial wage disadvantage suffered by internal migrants was found to be dependent upon the distance moved and economic conditions in the destination labor market. |
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Borjas, George J., Stephen G. Bronars and Stephen J. Trejo. "Self-Selection and Internal Migration in the United States." NLS Discussion Paper No. 92-14, Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 1990. |