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Title: Migratory Responses to Environmental Variability in the United States A Multi-level Analysis of Microdata from the American Community Survey, 2010 – 2020
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Publication Year: 2023
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Abstract: Environmental migration studies have gained popularity in the social sciences as environmental change has drastically changed migration patterns around the globe. While previous studies tended to focus on the environmental impacts on migration in the developing world, less attention has been paid to examining the relationship between slow-onset environmental variability and migration in developed settings. To address this knowledge gap, we linked individual migration data with previous climate exposure and other individual- and aggregate-level socioeconomic and demographic factors to explore the effects of slow-onset environmental variability on migration in the U.S. using multi-level regressions. The results demonstrated that slow-onset environmental variability influences migration; their impacts are heterogeneous across age groups with the younger generation’s migratory response to environmental variability being connected to economic opportunities and the elder generation’s being amenity-driven. This study contributes to the environmental literature by extending and validating slow-onset environmental impacts on migration in an economically developed setting.
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Authors: Shuai Zhou, ; Guangqing Chi,
Publisher: Penn State University
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Migration and Immigration
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