The Returns to Migration: The Influence of Education and Migration Type | Zendy

Knapp Thomas A. | Zendy; White Nancy E. | Zendy; Wolaver Amy M. | Zendy

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The Returns to Migration: The Influence of Education and Migration Type

Author(s) -

Knapp Thomas A.,

White Nancy E.,

Wolaver Amy M.

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

growth and change

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.657

H-Index - 55

eISSN - 1468-2257

pISSN - 0017-4815

DOI - 10.1111/grow.12022

Subject(s) - wage , earnings , economics , wage growth , panel data , labour economics , demographic economics , internal migration , econometrics , developing country , finance , economic growth

We show the impact of migration type on real wages over time. We create a migration and earnings history from the N ational L ongitudinal S urvey of Y outh 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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