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Title: Does Low Wealth Constrain Long-Distance Migration?
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McHenry, Peter |
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Does Low Wealth Constrain Long-Distance Migration? Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Review 68,1 (January 2015): 79-119. Also: http://ilr.sagepub.com/content/68/1/79.abstract Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Assets; Debt/Borrowing; Geocoded Data; Migration; Mobility, Residential; Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP); Wealth Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Some families may have too little wealth (or liquidity) to finance a long-distance move, which may involve transportation costs and foregone earnings. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), the author assesses whether wealth holdings directly influence migration decisions in the United States. The analysis focuses on long-distance migration and shows consistently that migration is common among households with little or negative net worth and that greater wealth does not increase the likelihood of migration. In addition, differential wealth holdings do not explain why minority groups and the less-educated are relatively unlikely to undertake long-distance moves. The author also finds little evidence that wealth holdings influence a person’s migration response to local labor demand shocks. |
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McHenry, Peter. "Does Low Wealth Constrain Long-Distance Migration?" Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Review 68,1 (January 2015): 79-119.
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