Education's effect on poverty: The role of migration

This study documents a direct effect of education on householder poverty, but does not find an indirect effect through migration. Data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is used to obtain a sample of 708 working-age (25-64 years of age) household heads that lived in a nonmetro county in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Applied economic perspectives and policy 2007-10, Vol.29 (3), p.437-445
Hauptverfasser:	Weber, Bruce, Marre, Alexander, Fisher, Monica, Gibbs, Robert, Cromartie, John
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal migration behavior Armut Bildung Cohort studies Education Educational attainment Formal education Human capital I200 I320 Income J110 J240 Landflucht Longitudinal studies Ländlicher Raum Metropolitan areas Migration Modeling Poverty R230 Roles Rural areas Rural Poverty Revisited: A New Look at Place and Policy Statistical analysis Studies USA Welfare economics
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Zusammenfassung:	This study documents a direct effect of education on householder poverty, but does not find an indirect effect through migration. Data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is used to obtain a sample of 708 working-age (25-64 years of age) household heads that lived in a nonmetro county in 1993. The metropolitan and poverty status of these individuals is observed in 1999.
ISSN:	1058-7195 2040-5790 1467-9353 2040-5804
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-9353.2007.00358.x