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Haurin, Donald R. Haurin, R. Jean |
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The Migration of Youth and the Business Cycle: 1978 to 1984 Economic Development Quarterly 1,2 (May 1987): 162-169. Also: http://edq.sagepub.com/content/1/2/162.abstract Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Business Cycles; Labor Force Participation; Labor Supply; Manpower Programs; Migration Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study investigates whether the relocational choices of youth correspond to the business cycle, and identifies other correlates with relocation decisions. Analysis is based on a state's viewpoint and policy questions are evaluated in this context. The authors find that the migration of youth is highly cyclical and that in a downturn relative to the rest of the nation, a state can lose a substantial proportion of its youth, the group forming the next generation of a state's labor supply. The coordination of redevelopment goals calls for states to not only concentrate on attracting desired types of employers, but also on retaining a labor force with the appropriate skills. In particular, the study indicates that midwestern states which have recently focused on attracting "high-tech" industries have simultaneously lost their brightest and most highly motivated youth. Some support was found for the hypothesis that a state supported jobs program can tide youth over the downturn and raise their long-term retention probability. |
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Haurin, Donald R. and R. Jean Haurin. "The Migration of Youth and the Business Cycle: 1978 to 1984." Economic Development Quarterly 1,2 (May 1987): 162-169.
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