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Propensity Score Matching, a Distance-Based Measure of Migration, and the Wage Growth of Young Men
This paper estimates the effect of U.S. internal migration on real wage growth between the movers’ first and second jobs. Findings indicate a significant effect of migration on the wage growth of college graduates of 10 percent and a marginally significant effect for high school dropouts of -12 percent.
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http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr212.pdf