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Much of America's promise is predicated on economic mobility—the idea that people are not limited or defined by where they start, but can move up the economic ladder based on their efforts and accomplishments. Family income mobility—changes in individual families' income positions over...
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We review patterns in migration within the U.S. over the past thirty years. Internal migration has fallen noticeably … since the 1980s, reversing increases from earlier in the century. The decline in migration has been widespread across … decline in migration remains elusive and requires further research, we find only limited roles for the housing market …
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Youth from 1979 to 1996 to examine cross-state migration in the five-year period after completion of schooling. ; The author …, she briefly outlines previous explanations for migration in the general population and investigates their applicability … that the person's past history of migration is very important. In addition, the majority of moves are made to states with …
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1998 and 2008 about virtually all internal and international migration events in Spain. The findings show that internal … ramifications for subsequent network-driven international migration. The effect of internal migration was particularly influential … between the two migration processes - high levels of internal migration lead to elevated overall international immigration …
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supplementary (such as handicraft production and seasonal migration) or related to farming, such as provision of agricultural …; recognize and support the role of seasonal migration in rural local economic development; and address the changing planning and …
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distributions across people are consistent with convergence. Migration and urbanization are the forces behind convergence. …
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the differential effects of external shocks across the regions. The model demonstrates how the internal migration regime … regional behavior until the shocks are large enough to overcome the isolation of local markets. The results show that migration …
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, nevertheless, is restricted by migration of the young generations. This connection between political voting on intergenerational … case in which the young generations' migration decision takes its effect on future pensions into account (strategic … migration) and the case in which it only reflects differentials in labor income (myopic migration). The paper also pays …
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margin. The skill distribution is continuous, and, for each skill level, the distribution of migration cost is also … migration is decreasing in the skill level. When the semi-elasticity of migration is increasing in the skill level, either … negative. Numerical simulations are calibrated using plausible values of the semi-elasticity of migration for top income …
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International labor mobility is a key factor for a well-functioning labor market. Although educational attainment is known to affect regional labor mobility within a country, evidence of a relationship between schooling and international labor mobility is limited, particularly in developing...
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