Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/193345 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12051
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
State and local policymakers are very interested in how attending college in one's home state affects the likelihood of living in that state after college. This paper uses cohort-level data from the American Community Survey, decennial censuses, and other sources to examine how birth-state college enrollment affects birth-state residence several years later. Ordinary least squares and instrumental variables estimates both suggest a statistically significant positive relationship. The preferred instrumental variable estimates suggest that a one percentage point increase in birth-state enrollment rates increases later life birth-state residence by roughly 0.41 percentage points. Implications for policy are discussed.
Subjects: 
higher education policy
in-state college enrollment
migration
college attendance
JEL: 
H75
I25
J24
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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