|
EconStor >
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA), Bonn >
IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) >
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51616
|
| | |
| Title: | | Internal migration in the United States  |
| Authors: | | Molloy, Raven Smith, Christopher L. Wozniak, Abigail |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion paper series // Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 5903 |
| Abstract: | | We review patterns in migration within the US over the past thirty years. Internal migration has fallen noticeably since the 1980s, reversing increases from earlier in the century. The decline in migration has been widespread across demographic and socioeconomic groups, as well as for moves of all distances. Although a convincing explanation for the secular decline in migration remains elusive and requires further research, we find only limited roles for the housing market contraction and the economic recession in reducing migration recently. Despite its downward trend, migration within the US remains higher than that within most other developed countries. |
| Subjects: | | internal migration migration trends housing crisis U.S. recession cross-country comparisons |
| JEL: | | J61 R23 J1 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-201108152107 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
|
| |
| | |
Download bibliographical data as:
BibTeX
|
| |
Share on:http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51616
|
Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
|