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Title: The Relationship between Schooling and Migration: Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws

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Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: I estimate the effect of schooling on the propensity to migrate by exploiting variation in schooling due to compulsory schooling laws (CSLs) in the United States. I obtain negative estimates of this effect among those with relatively little schooling. In contrast, previous research estimates positive schooling effects on migration at higher levels of schooling. I speculate that additional schooling at low levels enhances local labor market contacts and thereby increases the opportunity cost of migration (leaving those contacts behind).

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Authors: McHenry, Peter

Periodical (Full): Economics of Education Review

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Volume: 35

Pages: 24-40

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Migration and Immigration

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