Arbeitspapier

Do Earnings by College Major Affect Graduate Migration?

College graduates are considerably more mobile than non-graduates, and previous literature suggests that the difference is at least partially attributable to college graduates being more responsive to employment opportunities in other areas. However, there exist considerable differences in migration rates by college major that have gone largely unexplained. This paper uses microdata from the American Community Survey to examine how the migration decisions of young college graduates are affected by earnings in their college major. Results indicate that higher major-specific earnings in an individual's state of birth reduce out-migration suggesting that college graduates are attracted toward areas that especially reward the specific type of human capital that they possess.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9512

Classification
Wirtschaft
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
Subject
graduate migration
college major
college graduates
human capital

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Winters, John V.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2015

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Winters, John V.
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2015

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