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Title: Moving to Nice Weather

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2003

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Abstract: U.S. residents have been moving en masse to places with nice weather. Well known is the migration towards places with warm winters, which is often attributed to the introduction of air conditioning. But people have also been moving to places with cooler, less-humid summers, which is the opposite of what is expected from the introduction of air conditioning. Nor can the movement to nice weather be primarily explained by shifting industrial composition or by elderly migration. Instead, a large portion of weather-related moves appear to be the result of an increased valuation of nice weather as a consumption amenity, probably due to broad-based rising per capita income.

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Authors: Rappaport, Jordan

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Publication Number: RWP 03-07

Institution: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

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Publisher Location: Kansas City, MO

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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