Group-specific effects of interregional mobility on earnings - a microdata analysis for Germany

Lehmer, Florian; Möller, Joachim

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%T Group-specific effects of interregional mobility on earnings - a microdata analysis for Germany
%A Lehmer, Florian
%A Möller, Joachim
%J Regional Studies
%N 5
%P 657-673
%V 42
%D 2008
%K inter-regional mobility; migration wage differentials; unobserved heterogeneity; propensity score matching
%= 2010-09-03T12:40:00Z
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%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-133425
%X The paper analyses the relationship between regional mobility and earnings for different groups of workers. Using a large panel microdata set we find negative earnings differentials of movers in the year before migration and strong evidence for significant wage gains through mobility. A decomposition of Blinder/ Oaxaca type reveals different group-specific rewards effects suggesting a positive post-mobility wage differential of movers over the incumbent workforce for some groups irrespective of the region of destination.  The existence of a general wage growth effect of mobility appears to be robust and cannot be explained by the time-invariant part of unobserved heterogeneity.
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%G en
%9 journal article
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