Does a high minimum wage spur low-skilled emigration?

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dc.contributor.authorMartin, Darius
dc.contributor.authorTermos, Ali
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Economics
dc.contributor.departmentOSB
dc.contributor.facultyFaculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS)
dc.contributor.facultySuliman S. Olayan School of Business (OSB)
dc.contributor.institutionAmerican University of Beirut
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-24T11:23:14Z
dc.date.available2025-01-24T11:23:14Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractWe investigate the migration response to state and local variation in minimum wages in the United States. We find that a one dollar difference between two areas' real minimum wage is associated with 3.1% more migration of low-skilled workers towards the location with the lower minimum wage. The minimum wage does not influence the migration decisions of high-skilled workers. © 2015 Elsevier B.V.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.10.027
dc.identifier.eid2-s2.0-84947766656
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10938/25644
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofEconomics Letters
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectFractional logit model
dc.subjectMigration
dc.subjectMinimum wage
dc.titleDoes a high minimum wage spur low-skilled emigration?
dc.typeArticle

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