Family Ties, Labor Mobility and Interresgional Wage Differentials
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The applied research reported here examines the impact of
household structures on interregional wage disparities. While migration
studies generally suggest that family ties deter labor mobility,
there is no clear evidence whether the reduced mobility is reflected
in interregional wage differentials. Using a two-step procedure,
we examine the conjecture that diminished labor mobility from
greater family ties increase inter-regional wage differentials. Results
indicate that spatial wage dispersion is greater because of the presence
of children, but wage disparities are not enhanced by marriage.
Findings consequently suggest that decreased labor mobility from
children is reflected in interregional wage differentials, but any restrictive
effect on mobility from marriage is not observed in wage
variation.