TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Winters, John V.
        TI  - In-State College Enrollment and Later Life Location Decisions
        PY  - 2018/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12051
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12051
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - higher education policy
KW  - in-state college enrollment
KW  - migration
KW  - college attendance
        ER  -