THE EFFECT OF YOUTH POVERTY RATES AND MIGRATION ON ADULT WAGES
利用全国青年纵向调查数据，研究青年时期所在县的贫困率如何通过迁移回报间接影响白人男性移民的成年工资，发现农村背景对工资有独立负面影响，且高贫困县效应更强。
ABSTRACT We created a migration and earnings history from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to analyze the effects of youth county poverty rates on the adult earnings of white male migrants. We estimate a log wage equation that includes human capital measures, migration types, county poverty rates, and a rural–poverty rate interaction variable. Growing up in a rural county has a negative impact on adult wages independent of youth county poverty rates, but the rural effect is significantly greater for those who grew up in high poverty counties. Youth county poverty rates indirectly affect wages through the returns to migration.