Entry into working life: internal migration and the job match quality of higher-educated graduates

V. Venhorst*, Frank Cörvers

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Abstract

We estimate the impact of internal migration on job-match quality for recent Dutch university and college graduates. We find positive yet modest wage returns. After controlling for the self-selection of migrants with an IV approach, this effect is no longer significant for university graduates and all graduates from peripheral areas. We also find that, for our alternative job-match measures, where there is evidence of migrant self-selection, controlling for self-selection strongly reduces the effect of internal migration on job-match quality. In some cases, the returns on internal migration are found to be negative, which may signal forced migration.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)116-140
Number of pages25
JournalJournal of Regional Science
Volume58
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2018

Keywords

  • job-match quality
  • recent graduates
  • regional labor markets
  • return on internal migration
  • wages

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