Journal of Labor Economics Vol. 37 No. S1 2019
Changing Patterns of Geographic Mobility and the Labor Market for Young Adults
Abstract
We assess changing patterns of migration and their association with labor outcomes for the 1979 and 1997 cohorts of the NLSY. Although the long-distance migration rate is lower in the 1997 cohort, we find that migration fell mostly because return migration fell. We uncover little difference in patterns of selection into migration in the two cohorts, little difference in correlation between migration and labor market outcomes, and little evidence in either cohort of a positive labor market return to migration. Our findings suggest that reductions in geographic mobility do not explain the poor recent labor market performance of young adults.
- DOI
- 10.1086/700887
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- S1
- Pages
- S199-S241
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref