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1. Haurin, Donald R.
Haurin, R. Jean
Youth Migration in the United States: An Analysis of a Deindustrializing Region
In: Migration Models: Macro and Micro Perspectives. J. Stillwell and P. Congdon, eds. London, England: Belhaven Press, 1990
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Belhaven Press
Keyword(s): Gender Differences; Migration; Regions; Wages

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The focus of this research is to present a methodology appropriate for analyzing the causes of out-migration and return migration of youth. The application is to a region of the U.S. that is in the process of decreasing employment in its manufacturing sector and increasing employment in its service sector (the region is popularly known as the 'rust belt'). A longitudinal series of observations of individuals and families is used to analyze the determinants of the length of stay in a region. The empirical model allows for time-varying explanatory factors and thus corresponds to the temporal sequence of the locational decision-making process. Explanatory factors include measures of the potential benefits of migration (a higher expected wage or probability of employment) and measures that influence the cost of migration. Results indicate that the likelihood of outmigration is influenced by the probability of obtaining a job in the alternative area and some measures of the cost of relocation (for example, loss of job tenure). The same data set is used to analyze remigration to the home (deindustrializing) region. The empirical model uses duration methods for analysis and results indicate that remigration is only related to relatively long periods of personal unemployment in the new location.
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Haurin, Donald R. and R. Jean Haurin. "Youth Migration in the United States: An Analysis of a Deindustrializing Region" In: Migration Models: Macro and Micro Perspectives. J. Stillwell and P. Congdon, eds. London, England: Belhaven Press, 1990