摘要：New college graduates must choose whether to stay in the geographic area where they completed their degree or move to a new location to begin their careers.This paper classifies 41 U.S.metropolitan areas as “college towns” and investigates differences in employment outcomes between college graduates who stay in the college town where they obtained their degree and college graduates who leave after completing their degree.We find that college town stayers experience less favorable employment outcomes along multiple dimensions.On average, stayers earn lower annual and hourly wages and work in less educated occupations.
关键词：Migration ;Human capital ;Higher education ;College towns ;Wages
