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Human Capital in Southern Migration

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This paper assesses the effects of interregional migration on the human-capital stock of the South. Data from the 1 percent sample maintained by the Social Security Administration are used to estimate the earnings level of in- and out-migrants for the period 1960-66, during which the South lost just under 1 percent of its labor force. When earnings of migrants are converted to human-capital values, the South is estimated to have gained human capital through migration. The gain, however, depends critically on earnings levels of migrants, and the paper demonstrates that the gain turns into a loss if migrants were assumed to receive earnings prevailing for non-migrants in the region.

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  • Gene Laber, 1973. "Human Capital in Southern Migration," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 8(2), pages 223-241.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:8:y:1973:i:2:p:223-241
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    1. Nadia Y. Flores, 2010. "Assessing Human Capital Transferability into the U.S. Labor Market among Latino Immigrants to the United States," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 630(1), pages 196-204, July.

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