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The Effect of Geographic Mobility on Male Labor-Force Participants in the United States

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  • JOAN R. RODGERS
  • JOHN L. RODGERS

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We use both fixed-effects and random-effects regression models to measure the effect of geographic mobility on earnings of labor-force participants in the United States. The results support the human-capital hypothesis: six years after moving, real earnings of male labor-force participants are about 20 percent higher than they would have been had the move not occurred. Men younger than 40, and men with family-unit incomes no more than five times the poverty line, experience even larger benefits from moving. The geographic mobility that is characteristic of the United States' flexible labor market, in general, is beneficial to the movers.

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  • Joan R. Rodgers & John L. Rodgers, 2000. "The Effect of Geographic Mobility on Male Labor-Force Participants in the United States ," Journal of Labor Research, Transaction Publishers, vol. 21(1), pages 117-132, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:tra:jlabre:v:21:y:2000:i:1:p:117-132
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    1. Karina Nilsson, 2001. "Migration, Gender and the Household Structure: Changes in Earnings Among Young Adults in Sweden," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(6), pages 499-511.
    2. Anzelika Zaiceva, 2006. "Self-Selection and the Returns to Geographic Mobility: What Can Be Learned from the German Reunification "Experiment"," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 580, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    3. Jiangsheng Chen & Caixian Cui, 2018. "Large City or Small Town: an Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Migration Strategies of Rural Households on Income in China," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 13(1), pages 211-228, March.
    4. Ruben Hernandez-Murillo & Lesli S. Ott & Michael T. Owyang & Denise Whalen, 2011. "Patterns of interstate migration in the United States from the survey of income and program participation," Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, vol. 93(May), pages 169-186.
    5. Sohani Fatehin & David L. Sjoquist, 2021. "State and Local Taxes and Employment by Wage Level," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 35(1), pages 53-65, February.
    6. Jeffrey J. Yankow, 2003. "Migration, Job Change, and Wage Growth: A New Perspective on the Pecuniary Return to Geographic Mobility," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(3), pages 483-516, August.
    7. Kiss, Károly Miklós & Lőrincz, László & Ilyés, Virág & Varga, Kinga, 2024. "Földrajzi és nemek közötti bérkülönbségek a karrierszekvenciákban [Geographical and gender pay gaps in career paths]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(7), pages 701-727.

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