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Author: Schulhofer-Wohl, Sam
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1. Johnson, Janna
Schulhofer-Wohl, Sam
Changing Patterns of Geographic Mobility and the Labor Market for Young Adults
Journal of Labor Economics 37,S1 (January 2019): S199-S241.
Also: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/700887
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Keyword(s): Geocoded Data; Labor Market Outcomes; Migration; Mobility

We assess changing patterns of migration and their association with labor outcomes for the 1979 and 1997 cohorts of the NLSY. Although the long-distance migration rate is lower in the 1997 cohort, we find that migration fell mostly because return migration fell. We uncover little difference in patterns of selection into migration in the two cohorts, little difference in correlation between migration and labor market outcomes, and little evidence in either cohort of a positive labor market return to migration. Our findings suggest that reductions in geographic mobility do not explain the poor recent labor market performance of young adults.
Bibliography Citation
Johnson, Janna and Sam Schulhofer-Wohl. "Changing Patterns of Geographic Mobility and the Labor Market for Young Adults." Journal of Labor Economics 37,S1 (January 2019): S199-S241.
2. Johnson, Janna
Schulhofer-Wohl, Sam
Understanding the Labor Market Returns to Mobility for Young Workers
Presented: Washington DC, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March-April 2016
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Labor Market Outcomes; Mobility; Wages

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Young workers are not doing well in the current U.S. economy. In fact, youth labor market outcomes have declined steadily relative to those of their older peers for over 30 years. Over the same period, variation in labor market conditions across cities has increased, while spatial mobility rates of young people have fallen. To attempt to reconcile this puzzling combination, we will compare the mobility and economic outcomes of the two cohorts of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY): the 1979 (individuals born 1957-65) and 1997 (born 1981-85). We expect to find that young workers in the NLSY97 move at a lower rate to high wage and employment areas than those in the NLSY79. We will investigate whether this is due to changes in relative wage gains and/or migration costs, as well as identify the underlying reasons behind the falling mobility of young workers. Note: Also presented at Washington DC, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Annual Fall Research Conference, November 2016 and at Chicago ASSA/AEA Annual Meeting, January 2017.
Bibliography Citation
Johnson, Janna and Sam Schulhofer-Wohl. "Understanding the Labor Market Returns to Mobility for Young Workers." Presented: Washington DC, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March-April 2016.