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THE EFFECTS ON EARNINGS OF INTERREGIONAL AND INTERINDUSTRY MIGRATION *
Author(s) -
Nakosteen Robert A.,
Zimmer Michael A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.1982.tb00756.x
Subject(s) - microdata (statistics) , earnings , social security , economics , sample (material) , population , demographic economics , econometrics , labour economics , accounting , demography , census , sociology , market economy , chemistry , chromatography
"The purpose of this study is to examine a model of the decision to migrate between regions and/or industries and its effect on earnings. The study is based on a large set of individual microdata taken from the [U.S.] Social Security Administration's One Percent Continuous Work History Sample." The data are for 1971 and 1973. "Results of estimation provide strong support for the hypothesis of self-selection among region and industry migrants. Additional empirical evidence supports the notion of comparative advantage in migrant earnings, implying that earnings distributions of individuals who made a particular combination of migration decisions may differ from those of the population as a whole."