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Abstract
"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." excerptKeywords: Americas; Behavior; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Human Resources; Income; Industry; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrants; Migration; Migration, Internal; Models, Theoretical; North America; Northern America; Occupations--changes; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; United States; Wages
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Year: 1982 PMID： 12338825 DOI： 10.1111/j.1467-9787.1982.tb00756.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Reg Sci ISSN： 0022-4146