Life-Cycle Wage Growth and Internal Migration

• 成果类型: Article; Early Access
• 署名作者: Rivera-Padilla, Alberto
• 署名单位: Tulane University
• 刊物名称: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0020-6598
• DOI: 10.1111/iere.12775
• 发表日期: 2025
• 关键词: aggregate productivity; income; TRADE

摘要

I document new facts on life-cycle wage growth within three countries: Brazil, Mexico, and the United States. In every case, I find that experience-wage profiles are steeper in rich states. Differences in education and industry mix can account for a large share of the covariance between income and profile steepness in both developing countries, while differences in occupations are key in every case. Using a general equilibrium model, I estimate meaningful productivity gains from inducing migration to places with better learning environment and find that migration costs are important in explaining cross-country differences in life-cycle wage growth.