In-State College Enrollment and Later Life Location Decisions

John Winters

No 12051, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: State and local policymakers are very interested in how attending college in one's home state affects the likelihood of living in that state after college. This paper uses cohort-level data from the American Community Survey, decennial censuses, and other sources to examine how birth-state college enrollment affects birth-state residence several years later. Ordinary least squares and instrumental variables estimates both suggest a statistically significant positive relationship. The preferred instrumental variable estimates suggest that a one percentage point increase in birth-state enrollment rates increases later life birth-state residence by roughly 0.41 percentage points. Implications for policy are discussed.

Keywords: higher education policy; in-state college enrollment; migration; college attendance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H75 I25 J24 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 54 pages
Date: 2018-12
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Published - published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2020, 55 (4), 1400-1426

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