Differences in both regional skill prices and skill mix can explain interregional variations in the wage distributions. We control for interreginal differences in skill mix that permit us to compute key pararmeters of regional wage distributions including regional returns to skills. In...

Differences in both regional skill prices and skill mix can explain interregional variations in wage distributions. We control for interregional differences in skill mix that permit us to compute key parameters of regional wage distributions including regional returns to skills. In addition to...

In this study we develop, estimate, and simulate a nested logit model of migration among 59 Canadian and US sub-national areas, using over 70,000 microdata observations on workers across all deciles of the skill distribution obtained from the US and Canadian censuses of 2000/2001. Combining...