The relationship between schooling and migration: Evidence from compulsory schooling laws

Peter McHenry ()

Economics of Education Review, 2013, vol. 35, issue C, 24-40

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).

Keywords: Migration; Education; Compulsory schooling law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 J61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.03.003

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