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Title: Self-Selection and Internal Migration in the United States
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Borjas, George J. Bronars, Stephen G. Trejo, Stephen J. |
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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. |
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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.
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