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Title: Assimilation and the Earnings of Young Internal Migrants
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1. Borjas, George J.
Bronars, Stephen G.
Trejo, Stephen J.
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

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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.
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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.