The relationship between schooling and migration: Evidence from compulsory schooling laws |
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Affiliation: | 1. San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA;2. University of Oxford, 58 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6QS Oxfordshire, UK;3. Queen Mary University of London, Francis Bancroft Building, Room 4.13D, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK |
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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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Keywords: | Migration Education Compulsory schooling law |
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