North American migration: returns to skill, border effects, and mobility costs

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dc.contributor.authorHunt, Gary L.
dc.contributor.authorMueller, Richard E.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-30T18:08:28Z
dc.date.available2017-10-30T18:08:28Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionSherpa Romeo yellow journal: 12 mo embargo on publ versionen_US
dc.description.abstractUtilizing a utility-maximizing, Roy-type, discrete choice model of worker location in Canadian provinces and U.S. states that incorporates returns to skill, amenities, fixed costs, distance, language, and border effects, we find that individuals with higher skills migrate to areas with higher returns and that the 49th parallel attenuates migration. Simulations indicate that equalizing returns in the two countries has a modest effect on cross-country migration; however, reductions in border effects tend to have large nonlinear effects on it. Our results confirm the qualitative results of previous research emphasizing the importance of returns to skill and border effects in migration decisions.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationHunt, G. L., & Mueller, R. E. (2004). North American migration: returns to skills, border effects, and mobility costs. Review of Economics and Statistics, 86(4), 988-1007. http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/0034653043125130en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4960
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMIT Pressen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Maineen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.subjectMigrationen_US
dc.subjectMigration decisionsen_US
dc.subjectWorker locationen_US
dc.subjectBorder crossingen_US
dc.subjectMobility costsen_US
dc.subjectRoy modelen_US
dc.subjectSkill levelen_US
dc.subjectWage distributionen_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor mobility--Canada
dc.subject.lcshLabor mobility--United States
dc.subject.lcshWages--Effect of labor mobility on--Canada
dc.subject.lcshWages--Effect of labor mobility on--United States
dc.subject.lcshLabor supply--Canada
dc.subject.lcshLabor supply--United States
dc.titleNorth American migration: returns to skill, border effects, and mobility costsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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