TY - UNPB
T1 - Entry into working life: Spatial mobility and the job match quality of higher-educated graduates
AU - Venhorst, V.
AU - Cörvers, F.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - We estimate the impact of spatial mobility on job match quality by using a data set of recent Dutch university and college graduates We find positive wage returns related to spatial mobility. However, after controlling for the self-selection of migrants with an IV approach, this effect is no longer significant. 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 spatial mobility on job match quality. In some cases, the returns on spatial mobility are found to be negative, which may signal forced spatial mobility.
AB - We estimate the impact of spatial mobility on job match quality by using a data set of recent Dutch university and college graduates We find positive wage returns related to spatial mobility. However, after controlling for the self-selection of migrants with an IV approach, this effect is no longer significant. 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 spatial mobility on job match quality. In some cases, the returns on spatial mobility are found to be negative, which may signal forced spatial mobility.
U2 - 10.26481/umaror.2015003
DO - 10.26481/umaror.2015003
M3 - Working paper
T3 - ROA Research Memoranda
BT - Entry into working life: Spatial mobility and the job match quality of higher-educated graduates
PB - ROA
CY - Maastricht
ER -