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Title: Please Don't Leave: An Analysis of Outmigration from Michigan Between 1980 and 2000
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2011
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Abstract: Using data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 U.S. Censuses, this project measures the association between educational attainment and outmigration from the State of Michigan. I begin by using descriptive statistics to document basic trends over time, focusing especially on the states where two groups, the college educated and the less than college educated, have moved. Intergroup comparisons are also presented and discussed. Next, logistic regression is used to analyze how Michigan outmigration differs by educational group after statistically controlling for select demographic, economic, and social characteristics. This study concludes by offering policy recommendations that Michigan officials should consider in an effort to reduce the Michigan exodus. Specific study results indicate that the destination states of Michigan outmigrants have been relatively constant regardless of educational level or census year. However, one key finding to emerge was that the number of college educated outmigrants was nearly twice that of the non-college educated group. Study results support the notion of a Michigan brain drain and also identify key characteristics that are likely contributors to outmigration. More specifically, results from logistic regression models indicate that even when controlling for educational status, the most powerful predictors of outmigration are age, previous migration, number of children under five and 18, and tenure. The magnitude of some of these differences changed slightly time, however, the directions remained consistent.
Url: https://etd.ohiolink.edu/pg_10?0::NO:10:P10_ACCESSION_NUM:bgsu1313630909
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Authors: Ihrke, David
Institution: Bowling Green State University
Department: Sociology/Applied Demography
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Degree: Sociology/Applied Demography
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Pages: 70
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Migration and Immigration
Countries: United States