title: Wage distributions and spatial preferences in competitive job search and migration.
abstract: "Aggregate interstate migration data [for the United States] indicate that the majority of observed flows are from higher to lower wage states, quite contrary to the predictions of human capital theory.  It is argued that a search theoretic framework may be used to complement and strengthen human capital theory.  Such a framework may then include consideration of the flows of job information and aspects of job competition.  A model is proposed for application to longitudinal micro-level data which overcomes a variety of theoretical and inferential problems and which remains within the bounds of empirical application."  (summary in FRE, GER)
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pickles
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rogerson
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003142:Communication; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005843:Geography; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012923:Social Class; D012942:Social Sciences; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Communication; Demographic Factors; Demography; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Employment Status--changes; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; Income; Income Distribution; Knowledge Sources; Labor Force; Macroeconomic Factors; Mathematical Model; Migration; Migration, Internal; Models, Theoretical; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Theory; Research Methodology; Social Sciences; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status--changes; United States; Wages--changes