TY  - JOUR
AU  - Borjas,George J.
AU  - Bronars,Stephen G.
AU  - Trejo,Stephen J.
TI  - Self-Selection and Internal Migration in the United States
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 4002
PY  - 1992
Y2  - February 1992
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4002
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4002.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
George J. Borjas
Harvard Kennedy School
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617/495-1393
Fax: 617/495-9532
E-Mail: gborjas@harvard.edu

Stephen Bronars
9113 Bell Mountian Drive
Austin, TX  78730-2704
E-Mail: sbronars@welchcon.com
AB  - Within the conceptual framework of the Roy model, this paper provides an empirical analysis of internal migration flows using data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth. The theoretical approach highlights regional differences in the returns to skills: regions that pay higher returns to skills attract more skilled workers than regions that pay lower returns. Our empirical results suggest that interstate differences in the returns to skills are a major determinant of both the size and skill composition of internal migration flows. Persons whose skills are most mismatched with the reward structure offered by their current state of residence are the persons most likely to leave that state. and these persons tend to relocate in states which offer higher rewards for their particular skills.
ER  -