Welfare-induced migration at state borders: New evidence from micro-data

McKinnish, Terra

doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.09.002

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“…Income differentials appear to be a more important mobility incentive. Looking at adjacent counties with different AFDC separated by a state border, McKinnish (2005McKinnish ( , 2007 finds a modest migration effect. Despite the potential for large effects, she concludes that welfare migration is probably not substantial given small existing cross-border differentials.…”

Section: Immigration and Magnetsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Minimum wages, earnings, and migration

Boffy-Ramirez

2013

IZA J Migration

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Does increasing a state's minimum wage induce migration into the state? Previous literature has shown mobility in response to welfare benefit differentials across states, yet few have examined the minimum wage as a cause of mobility. Focusing on low-skilled immigrants, this paper empirically examines the effect of minimum wages on location decisions within the United States. This paper expands upon minimum wage and immigration literatures by demonstrating that the choice of destination is sensitive to minimum wage changes, and that the effects are highly dependent on the number of years an immigrant has resided in the U.S. JEL classification codes: J15, J61

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Section: Immigration and Magnetsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Minimum wages, earnings, and migration

Boffy-Ramirez

2013

IZA J Migration

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“…Marshall et al (2005) estimated the positive effects of public sector dispersal in Great Britain [25]. Mckinnish (2007) identified welfare migration effects based on the Aid to Families with Dependent Children policy in the United States (US) [26]. Glazer et al (2008) analyzed the power of income tax policy to affect property values and induce migration [27].…”

Section: Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mobility of Workers and Population between Old and New Capital Cities Using the Interregional Economic Model

Lee

Kim

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of transportation and mobility costs on the mobility of workers and the overall population between old and new capital cities. First of all, mobility costs clearly have a negative effect on utility; higher commuting costs could lead to the spatial dispersion of workers. In addition, if the monthly commuting cost exceeds 1290 USD between Seoul (the old capital) and Sejong (the new capital), it would be efficient for workers in Seoul to move to Sejong. Finally, the interregional population equilibrium could be achieved when the share of transportation cost to commodity price reaches 60.1%.

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“…A large parallel literature analyzes how the generosity of welfare affects the skill composition of the inflow of migrants (Borjas, 1999a;De Giorgi and Pellizzari, 2009;Enchautegui, 1997;Gelbach, 2004;Gramlich and Laren, 1984). The seminal theory developed in Borjas (1999a) and revisited by many other authors (De Giorgi and Pellizzari, 2009;Gelbach, 2004;Levine and Zimmerman, 1999;McKinnish, 2005McKinnish, , 2007Meyer, 2000), suggests that, under the assumption that the welfare system of the receiving country benefits people at the lower end of the skill distribution, migrants moving from less to more generous countries (i.e. countries with more generous welfare benefits) should be negatively selected.…”

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The use of welfare by migrants in Italy

Pellizzari

2013

International Journal of Manpower

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Welfare-induced migration at state borders: New evidence from micro-data

Cited by 78 publications

References 9 publications

Minimum wages, earnings, and migration

Minimum wages, earnings, and migration

Mobility of Workers and Population between Old and New Capital Cities Using the Interregional Economic Model

The use of welfare by migrants in Italy

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