Wage distributions and spatial preferences in competitive job search and migration
- 1 April 1984
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Regional Studies
- Vol. 18 (2) , 131-142
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09595238400185131
Abstract
"Aggregate interstate migration data [for the United States] indicate that the majority of observed flows are from higher to lower wage states, quite contrary to the predictions of human capital theory. It is argued that a search theoretic framework may be used to complement and strengthen human capital theory. Such a framework may then include consideration of the flows of job information and aspects of job competition. A model is proposed for application to longitudinal micro-level data which overcomes a variety of theoretical and inferential problems and which remains within the bounds of empirical application." (summary in FRE, GER)Keywords
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