In-State College Enrollment and Later Life Location Decisions

John Winters

No 1702, Economics Working Paper Series from Oklahoma State University, Department of Economics and Legal Studies in Business

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 0.33 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: 39 pages
Date: 2016-09
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Journal Article: In-State College Enrollment and Later Life Location Decisions (2020)
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