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1.	Borjas, George J. Bronars, Stephen G. Trejo, Stephen J.
1.	Assimilation and the Earnings of Young Internal Migrants Review of Economics and Statistics 74,1 (February 1992): 170-175. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2109556 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Harvard University Press Keyword(s): Earnings; Migration; Regions Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The question of whether young internal migrants in the US experience economic assimilation as they adapt to their new residential location is examined. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the analysis examines how the hourly earnings of interstate migrants are affected by the number of years they have spent in their destination state. The results indicate that internal migrants initially earn less than natives, but because the earnings growth experienced by recent migrants exceeds that of natives, this wage differential disappears within a few years. Moreover, the initial wage disadvantage suffered by internal migrants depends upon the distance moved and economic conditions in the destination labor market. Individuals moving within the same census region experience much less earnings disruption than interregional migrants do, and the initial wage differential between natives and migrants is smaller in states enjoying more rapid employment growth.
	Bibliography Citation Borjas, George J., Stephen G. Bronars and Stephen J. Trejo. "Assimilation and the Earnings of Young Internal Migrants." Review of Economics and Statistics 74,1 (February 1992): 170-175.

2.	Borjas, George J. Bronars, Stephen G. Trejo, Stephen J.
2.	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.
	Bibliography Citation 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.

3.	Borjas, George J. Bronars, Stephen G. Trejo, Stephen J.
3.	Self-Selection and Internal Migration in the United States Journal of Urban Economics 32,2 (September 1992): 159-185. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0094119092900034 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Academic Press, Inc. Keyword(s): Geographical Variation; Migration; Mobility; Mobility, Labor Market; Regions; Residence; Rural/Urban Differences; Skilled Workers; Skills Within the conceptual framework of the Roy model, this paper provides an empirical analysis of internal migration flows using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The theoretical approach highlights regional differences in the return to skills: regions that pay higher returns to skills attract more skilled workers than regions that pay lower returns. The authors empirical results suggest that interstate differences in the returns to skills are a major determinant of both the size and skill composition of internal migration flows. Persons whose skills are most mismatched with the reward structure offered by their current state of residence are the persons most likely to leave that state, and these persons tend to relocate in states which offer higher rewards for their particular skills. (c) 1992 Academic Press, Inc.
	Bibliography Citation Borjas, George J., Stephen G. Bronars and Stephen J. Trejo. "Self-Selection and Internal Migration in the United States." Journal of Urban Economics 32,2 (September 1992): 159-185.

4.	Bronars, Stephen G. Moore, Carol S.
4.	Incentive Pay, Information, and Earnings: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth NLS Discussion Paper No. 95-23, Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 1995. Also: http://stats.bls.gov/ore/abstract/nl/nl950020.htm Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor Keyword(s): Benefits, Fringe; Educational Attainment; Job Requirements; Layoffs; Modeling; Quits; Wage Growth Incentive pay mechanisms, such as piece rates, bonuses, tips, profit sharing and commissions base an employee's pay on her individual productivity and not merely her time input. Incentive pay (IP) is expected to play an important role in mitigating the problems of incomplete and asymmetric information in internal labor markets. The key economic insight of this proposal is that jobs which offer IP have relatively lower costs of monitoring a worker's marginal revenue product or performance. Thus a comparison of IP and time-wage jobs can yield a number of empirical tests of information-based models of the labor market. In this proposal we outline empirical tests of information-based models of discrimination and wage-tenure profiles that rely on comparisons of the earnings and employment histories of workers in IP and time-wage jobs.
	Bibliography Citation Bronars, Stephen G. and Carol S. Moore. "Incentive Pay, Information, and Earnings: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth." NLS Discussion Paper No. 95-23, Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 1995.

5.	Bronars, Stephen G. Oettinger, Gerald S.
5.	Estimates of the Return to Schooling and Ability: Evidence From Sibling Data Labour Economics 13,1 (February 2006): 19-34. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537104000983 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Aptitude; Educational Returns; Human Capital; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Occupational Choice; Schooling; Siblings; Skills; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT; Training, On-the-Job; Wage Differentials; Wage Levels; Wages Abstract: We use sibling data on wages, schooling, and aptitude test scores from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) to obtain OLS, family fixed effects, and fixed effects instrumental variable estimates of the return to schooling for a large sample of non-twin siblings. Following recent studies that use identical twin samples, we use sibling-reported schooling as an instrument for self-reported schooling. Controlling for aptitude test scores has a substantial impact on estimated returns to schooling even within families, and there is a large return to test scores that is comparable in size within and between families. We also find that the return to schooling is higher for older brothers than for younger brothers and for women than men. Finally, because the NLSY79 contains multiple sibling reports of education for the same individual, we are able to test and reject the overidentifying restrictions for the validity of sibling-reported schooling as an instrumental variable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR; Copyright 2006 Elsevier]
	Bibliography Citation Bronars, Stephen G. and Gerald S. Oettinger. "Estimates of the Return to Schooling and Ability: Evidence From Sibling Data." Labour Economics 13,1 (February 2006): 19-34.

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