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Title: Does a high minimum wage spur low-skilled emigration?

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: We investigate the migration response to state and local variation in minimum wages in the United States. We find that a one dollar difference between two areas real minimum wage is associated with 3.1% more migration of low-skilled workers towards the location with the lower minimum wage. The minimum wage does not influence the migration decisions of high-skilled workers.

Url: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176515004292

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Authors: Martin, D; Termos, A

Periodical (Full): Economics Letters

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Volume: 137

Pages: 202-203

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other

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