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The Migration of Young Adults from Non‐Metropolitan Counties
Author(s) -
Mills Bradford,
Hazarika Gautam
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.1111/0002-9092.00159
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , earnings , incentive , demographic economics , geography , economics , finance , archaeology , microeconomics
This article examines young adult migration from non‐metropolitan counties to either different non‐metropolitan counties or to metropolitan areas. The results show that expected gains in initial earnings provide young entrants to the labor force with a marked incentive to migrate from their non‐metropolitan counties of origin. Initial earnings gains stem, in part, from higher returns to schooling in both metropolitan areas and other non‐metropolitan counties. The propensity to migrate is also sensitive to the costs of migration, which, in turn, are correlated with paternal education and the local presence of extended family.