This paper integrates empirical analysis of the decision to migrate from a region with that of destination choice. Thus, the authors are able to study how net migration, and not just gross outflows, are influenced by regional labor-market circumstances. The results suggest that relative regional...

Do the young and educated in LDCs have a greater preference to locate in big cities? If so, this may help to explain how cities spatially concentrate the educated and young, and why the rising share of these workers in many LDCs may contribute to city growth. This paper explores migration flows...

First, the author reestimates a familiar model of quits which emphasizes cyclical variations in employee willingness to search. While proxies for the willingness to search appear unimportant determinants of the quit rate, a proxy for the probability of a job offer (vacancy rates) , which is...