The effect of youth poverty rates and migration on adult wages

Thomas A. Knapp; Nancy E. White

doi:10.1111/jors.12241

The effect of youth poverty rates and migration on adult wages

Thomas A. Knapp, Nancy E. White

Penn State Wilkes-Barre

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We created a migration and earnings history from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to analyze the effects of youth county poverty rates on the adult earnings of white male migrants. We estimate a log wage equation that includes human capital measures, migration types, county poverty rates, and a rural-poverty rate interaction variable. Growing up in a rural county has a negative impact on adult wages independent of youth county poverty rates, but the rural effect is significantly greater for those who grew up in high poverty counties. Youth county poverty rates indirectly affect wages through the returns to migration.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	239-256
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Regional Science
Volume	56
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12241
State	Published - Mar 1 2016

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