• Title of article

    UnderstandinggrossworkerflowsacrossU.S.states

  • Author/Authors

    Daniele Coen-Pirani، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2010
  • Pages
    16
  • From page
    769
  • To page
    784
  • Abstract
    The maincross-sectionalandtime-seriespropertiesofstate-levelgrossandnetworker flows, wages,andrentsarecharacterizedusingmicro-datafromtheU.S.Census.A dynamicgeneralequilibriummodelofworkermigrationisintroducedtoexplainthe stylizedfacts.Inthemodel,alocationmayexperiencesimultaneousinflowsand outflowsofworkers.Recentmigrantschoosetomigratemoreoftenthanincumbent workers.Thus,locationsthatattracthighnumbersofmigrantsalsotendtoexperience high outflowrates.Thispatternisarobustfeatureofthedataandcannotbeexplained by modelsofnetflowsonly.
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Serial Year
    2010
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Record number

    846428