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Title: Life-course influences on nonearnings income migration in the United States

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Publication Year: 2008

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Abstract: This paper contributes to the emerging body of literature examining the interregionalincome migration in the United States and offers explanations for why certain areas emerge asmagnets for nonearnings income flows while other areas are losing this increasingly important sourceof personal income. By synthesizing ideas from contemporary understandings of life-course influenceson migration and earlier work on income migration, the paper builds a theoretical model of factorsshaping income migration across space and tests the model with evidence from Census 2000 by usingboth ordinary least squares and geographically weighted regression techniques. The analysis high-lights the importance of life-course understandings of migration in shaping nonearnings income flowsacross space. Demographic factors such as concentrations of married couples with no childrencombine with quality-of-life and economic variables to explain nonearnings income migration. Otherfactors such as housing-market costs and immigration rates shape nonearnings income flows morepowerfully in certain regions than in others. The results have important policy implications. With thebaby boomers on the cusp of retirement, an understanding of the geographies of nonearnings incomewill be important for future regional economic planning and forecasting, as these income sources willbecome increasingly large components of total personal income.

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Authors: Nelson, Peter B.

Periodical (Full): Environment and Planning A

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Volume: 40

Pages: 2149-2168

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

Countries: United States