Interregional Migration and Graduate Earning in Malaysia

Wahab, Diana Abdul and Tey, Nai Peng and Jani, Rohana (2020) Interregional Migration and Graduate Earning in Malaysia. Institutions and Economies, 12 (2). pp. 107-128. ISSN 2232-1640,

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Abstract

This paper investigated the interregional migration patterns and the effects of spatial mobility on the earnings of new graduates from Malaysian universities, utilising the 2013 Tracer Study data obtained from the Ministry of Higher Education. Several local studies using the same data source mainly dealt with issues of employability, but none have studied the effects of migration on their earnings. Some graduates pursued tertiary education away from their state of birth and settled to work in the state where they studied or relocated to work in another state. This study examined graduate migration between Klang Valley (KV) and the rest of Malaysia, which differs very much in terms of economic activities and development. The estimations of the wage equation using ordinal logit models show that migration from all other states towards Klang Valley was associated with higher starting salaries for the graduates.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Intergenerational mobility; Interregional migration; Returns to education
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Divisions: Faculty of Economics & Administration
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 10 Jun 2020 08:34
Last Modified: 10 Jun 2020 08:34
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/24775

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