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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.	Duncan, Brian Grogger, Jeffrey Leon, Ana Sofia Trejo, Stephen J.
4.	New Evidence of Generational Progress for Mexican Americans Labour Economics 62 (January 2020): 101771. Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537119301071 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Earnings; Educational Attainment; Grandparents; Hispanics; Immigrants; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT U.S.-born Mexican Americans suffer a large schooling deficit relative to other Americans, and standard data sources suggest that this deficit does not shrink between the 2nd and later generations. Standard data sources lack information on grandparents' countries of birth, however, which creates potentially serious issues for tracking the progress of later-generation Mexican Americans. Exploiting unique NLSY97 data that address these measurement issues, we find substantial educational progress between the 2nd and 3rd generations for a recent cohort of Mexican Americans. Such progress is obscured when we instead mimic the limitations inherent in standard data sources. Similar patterns emerge for cognitive test scores and for annual earnings.
	Bibliography Citation Duncan, Brian, Jeffrey Grogger, Ana Sofia Leon and Stephen J. Trejo. "New Evidence of Generational Progress for Mexican Americans." Labour Economics 62 (January 2020): 101771.

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