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Author: Knapp, Thomas A.
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Knapp, Thomas A. White, Nancy E. |
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The Effect of Youth Poverty Rates and Migration on Adult Wages Journal of Regional Science 56,2 (March 2016): 239-256. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jors.12241/abstract Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online Keyword(s): Earnings; Geocoded Data; Human Capital; Male Sample; Migration; Poverty; Rural/Urban Differences We created a migration and earnings history from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to analyze the effects of youth county poverty rates on the adult earnings of white male migrants. We estimate a log wage equation that includes human capital measures, migration types, county poverty rates, and a rural-poverty rate interaction variable. Growing up in a rural county has a negative impact on adult wages independent of youth county poverty rates, but the rural effect is significantly greater for those who grew up in high poverty counties. Youth county poverty rates indirectly affect wages through the returns to migration. |
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Knapp, Thomas A. and Nancy E. White. "The Effect of Youth Poverty Rates and Migration on Adult Wages." Journal of Regional Science 56,2 (March 2016): 239-256.
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Knapp, Thomas A. White, Nancy E. Wolaver, Amy M. |
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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 Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. 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. |
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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.
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