The earnings of state government employees in the United States

Article Abstract:

Previous research on wage differentials between state government employees and workers in the private sector did not provide much insight into state government employment policies related to their wage and employment levels. A behavioral framework is developed to analyze these differentials and their influence on policymaking. By shifting the emphasis from a comparison of state government and private sector wage levels to an examination of wage differentials among state government employees working in different states, the framework indicates that government employee wages change as a result of changes in the wealth of the state, income inequality, composition of constituency groups, and voting behavior. More than 75 percent of the variation between state government wage rates can be explained by the relatively small vector of political variables presented.

Models, Officials and employees, Compensation and benefits, Employment, Civil service, Wage surveys, Wages, Wages and salaries, Public service employment, State government

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To ghetto or not to ghetto: ethnicity and residential segregation

Article Abstract:

A study examined the relationship between ethnicity and the decision to reside in ethnically segregated communities. Data were gathered by using the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth to determine residential zip codes. Results indicated the occurrence of powerful externalities within and across ethnic groups. Thus, individuals belonging to least-skilled groups desire to reside in neighborhoods that allow them to beneficially interact with highly skilled groups. In contrast, individuals belonging to the most-skilled groups wish to isolate themselves by residing in wealthier communities. Findings also showed that the segregation decisions of individual households are influenced skills and economic opportunities. In addition, the study uncovered significant intergenerational persistence in ethnic segregation.

Analysis, Housing, Demographic aspects, Dwellings, Housing discrimination, Ethnicity

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Self-selection and internal migration in the United States

Article Abstract:

Internal migration among young workers in the United States was examined using A.D. Roy's self-selection model. Data for the study were obtained from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The model highlighted returns to skill as it differs from region to region. It suggested the existence of an equilibrium sorting of skills as manifested in the influx of skilled labor to places that pay well for skills and the inflow of unskilled workers to areas that place less emphasis on skills. The model suggested that the probability of internal migration among young workers is higher when there is a wide gap between the workers' skill levels and the returns to skills offered at workers' present location.

Research, Migration, Internal, Internal migration, Occupational mobility

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