title: Migration and wage growth:  a human capital approach.
abstract: "The purpose of this paper is to analyze migration as an investment in human capital using panel data.  [The authors] focus on two issues.  The first is the economic motivation for migration and the reasons some movers receive high returns relative to other migrants.  The second issue, and the major focus of the paper, is a test of the human capital model explaining wage profiles of nonmovers, first-time, and repeat migrants."  The data are from the National Longitudinal Survey of Young Males, 1966-1971 cross-section, and concern the United States.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kau
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D007182:Income; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009042:Motivation; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Income; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrants; Migration; Migration, Internal; Models, Theoretical; Motivation; Nonmigrants; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Research Report; Socioeconomic Factors; Temporary Migration; United States; Wages