TY - JOUR
T1 - Graduate Migration and Early career Labor Market Outcomes: Do Education Programs and Qualification Levels Matter
AU - Mitze, Timo
AU - Javakhishvili-Larsen, Nino
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This paper investigates the role that spatial mobility plays for early-career labor market outcomes across education programs and qualification levels. We use data for the full population of Danish graduates from upper (post-)secondary and tertiary education programs to estimate the labor market returns from migrating after graduation. Benchmark OLS estimates find positive correlations between migration, the employment probability, and entry wages. We further apply IV estimation with instruments constructed from exogenous push factors into migration at the individual, education institution, and local labor market level. Results confirm a mobility premium for graduates from tertiary but not from vocational education programs.
AB - This paper investigates the role that spatial mobility plays for early-career labor market outcomes across education programs and qualification levels. We use data for the full population of Danish graduates from upper (post-)secondary and tertiary education programs to estimate the labor market returns from migrating after graduation. Benchmark OLS estimates find positive correlations between migration, the employment probability, and entry wages. We further apply IV estimation with instruments constructed from exogenous push factors into migration at the individual, education institution, and local labor market level. Results confirm a mobility premium for graduates from tertiary but not from vocational education programs.
KW - Spatial mobility
KW - Early-career labor market outcomes
KW - Educational qualification levels
KW - Migration labor market returns
KW - Instrumental variable estimation
KW - Spatial mobility
KW - Early-career labor market outcomes
KW - Educational qualification levels
KW - Migration labor market returns
KW - Instrumental variable estimation
U2 - 10.1111/labr.12177
DO - 10.1111/labr.12177
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1121-7081
VL - 34
SP - 477
EP - 503
JO - LABOUR
JF - LABOUR
IS - 4
ER -