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Title: The Wage Dynamics of Internal Migration within the United States
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Yankow, Jeffrey Jon |
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The Wage Dynamics of Internal Migration within the United States Eastern Economic Journal 25,3 (Summer 1999): 265-278. Also: http://www.jstor.org/pss/40325930 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Keyword(s): Migration; Mobility; Mobility, Labor Market; Regions; Wages Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The internal migration of workers between labor markets has important implications for the US economy. Assuming that workers are attracted to markets in which their labor services earn a higher real wage, aggregate migration flows are expected to be positive in the direction of low to high-income regions. Through a more efficient spatial allocation of labor resources, internal migration would then help to decrease regional earnings and employment disparities. However, the efficacy of migration as a regional equilibrium mechanism is dependent upon efficient migratory choices at the individual level. Using a sample of young men drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, an attempt is made to document and measure the extent of the long-term wage effects associated with the interstate migration. It is found that pecuniary returns generally accumulate over a five-year period following interstate migration. [Copyright Eastern Economic Association 1999] |
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Yankow, Jeffrey Jon. "The Wage Dynamics of Internal Migration within the United States." Eastern Economic Journal 25,3 (Summer 1999): 265-278.
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