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Author: Wolaver, Amy M.
Resulting in 3 citations.
1. Knapp, Thomas A.
White, Nancy E.
Wolaver, Amy M.
The Returns to Migration: The Influence of Education and Migration Type
Growth and Change 44,4 (December 2013): 589-607.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/grow.12022/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Migration; Wage Growth

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We show the impact of migration type on real wages over time. We create a migration and earnings history from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth over the period 1979–2002. We estimate the effects of primary, onward, and two types of return migration on real wages using a panel data model with individual, location, and time fixed effects. Panel data are well suited for the study of the returns to U.S. internal migration because the influence of migration on wages has been found to occur years after the event. We differentiate return migration into two types: return to a location with ties that form a geographical anchor (“home”) and return to a prior place of work. We find that real wage growth varies by migration type. Education attainment is a significant factor in real wage growth. Our results show that onward migration is an important channel by which the monetary rewards to a college education are manifested.
Bibliography Citation
Knapp, Thomas A., Nancy E. White and Amy M. Wolaver. "The Returns to Migration: The Influence of Education and Migration Type." Growth and Change 44,4 (December 2013): 589-607.
2. White, Nancy E.
Wolaver, Amy M.
Occupation Choice, Information, and Migration
Review of Regional Studies 33,2 (December 2003): 142-164.
Also: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=12856531&db=aph
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: College of Business Administration, Oklahoma State University
Keyword(s): Endogeneity; Migration; Mobility, Occupational; Modeling; Modeling, Probit; Occupational Choice; Racial Differences

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We examine the relationship between occupational and geographical mobility using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data. We develop a theoretical model that is a variation on the Jovanovic experience good model, which allows us to formalize the occupation choice decision. As individuals gain information on their own productivity, they may change occupations and locations. Occupation choice is introduced as an endogenous determinant of migration in recursive bivariate probit models for individuals who make good and bad matches in an occupation. We extend our analysis to feature an additional discussion of the migration-occupation choice relationship by race for both match types. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Bibliography Citation
White, Nancy E. and Amy M. Wolaver. "Occupation Choice, Information, and Migration." Review of Regional Studies 33,2 (December 2003): 142-164.
3. Wolaver, Amy M.
White, Nancy E.
Racial Wage Differences among Young Male Job Changers: The Relative Contribution of Migration, Occupation Change, Site Characteristics, and Human Capital
Growth and Change 37,1 (March 2006): 34-59.
Also: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2257.2006.00303.x
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
Keyword(s): Black Youth; Employment; Human Capital; Male Sample; Migration; Racial Differences; Wage Gap

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We demonstrated racial differences in the relationship between migration, location, and predicted wages for young male workers who have changed employers. An Oaxaca decomposition allowed a measuring of the contributions of migration, occupation change, site features, and human capital to the racial wage gap. Migration decreases black-white wage differences, and wage compensation for site attributes favors white householders. Constraints on occupation choice and migration dampen the ability of blacks to improve wages. Because most job changes occur in the first ten years of a career, these results on young workers give important general insights into the origins and persistence of racial wage gaps.
Bibliography Citation
Wolaver, Amy M. and Nancy E. White. "Racial Wage Differences among Young Male Job Changers: The Relative Contribution of Migration, Occupation Change, Site Characteristics, and Human Capital." Growth and Change 37,1 (March 2006): 34-59.