TY - JOUR T1 - Are College Graduates More Responsive to Distant Labor Market Opportunities? JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour SP - 944 LP - 970 DO - 10.3368/jhr.45.4.944 VL - 45 IS - 4 AU - Abigail Wozniak Y1 - 2010/10/02 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/45/4/944.abstract N2 - Are highly educated workers better at locating in areas with high labor demand? To answer this question, I use three decades of U.S. Census data to estimate a McFadden-style model of residential location choice. I test for education differentials in the likelihood that young workers reside in states experiencing positive labor demand shocks at the time these workers entered the labor market. I find effects of changes in state labor demand on college graduate location choice that are several times greater than for high school graduates. Nevertheless, medium-run wage effects of entry labor market conditions for college graduates equal or exceed those of less-educated workers. ER -