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On Efficiency of Migration

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  • Aba Schwartz

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It has been suggested that the ratio of net to gross migration measures the efficiency of migration, such that a low ratio indicates a low efficiency and a high ratio indicates a high efficiency. On the basis of this efficiency criterion, it has been suggested that since the ratio of net to gross migration declines with education, doubts are cast on the hypothesis that the level of information increases with the level of education. In this article we show that the doubts are invalid-that decreasing ratios of net to gross migration, as education increases, are due to increasing efficiency of past (and present) migration which, in turn, generate higher regional earnings equality, as education increases. Higher regional equality tends to generate more movement in the "wrong" direction-against the median income gradient.

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  • Aba Schwartz, 1971. "On Efficiency of Migration," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 6(2), pages 193-205.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:6:y:1971:i:2:p:193-205
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    1. Richard Cebula, 1977. "An analysis of migration patterns and local government policy toward public education in the United States," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 32(1), pages 113-121, December.
    2. Handler, Heinz, 2018. "Economic links between education and migration: An overview," MPRA Paper 87246, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Long, John F., 1985. "Migration and the phases of population redistribution," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 17(1), pages 29-42.
    4. Cebula, Richard, 1978. "The Determinants of Human Migration," MPRA Paper 58401, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Melissa Osborne & Herbert Gintis & Samuel Bowles, 2001. "The Determinants of Earnings: A Behavioral Approach," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 39(4), pages 1137-1176, December.
    6. Krieg, Randall G., 1997. "Occupational change, employer change, internal migration, and earnings," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 27(1), pages 1-15, February.

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