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Title: Homegrown or Imported: Sources of the College-Educated Population of States

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: The recognition of the importance of the level of human capital to the successful functioning of societies has led to an increased focus among states and communities on the skill and educational composition of their populations and to consideration of steps that might enhance the proportion of more highly trained people. Often, however, policies and programs are developed without due recognition of the population dynamics which account for the current levels or of the multiple pathways involved. In this analysis, we decompose the college educated proportion of the population of each state to reveal the relative role of production and retention of the native born, in-migration from other states, and immigrants from abroad. States differ quite widely on these components and a states recognition of its relative position can be helpful in developing the most effective policies. The resultsfor each state are derived from an analysis of lifetime migration embedded in the AmericanCommunity Survey (ACS) data for 2006-2010.

Url: http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/pubs/pdf/rr15-849.pdf

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Authors: Hermalin, Albert

Publisher: University of Michigan Institute for Social Research: Population Studies Center

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