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Title: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Migration of Young Adults in the United States
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Bailey, Adrian John |
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A Longitudinal Analysis of the Migration of Young Adults in the United States Ph.D. Dissertation, Indiana University, 1989 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Heterogeneity; Life Cycle Research; Migration; Mobility This research is an investigation of the migration of young adults in an explicitly longitudinal context. Research on migration has traditionally centered on identifying the reasons why people move. That approach is enlarged in this research by shifting the emphasis to investigations of why individuals remain at particular locations for greater or lesser intervals of residence. The emphasis on duration of residence allows for the investigation of a wider range of hypotheses about migration but makes it necessary to use longitudinal information to test these hypotheses. The primary objective of the research was to develop a longitudinal model of migration. This was achieved by using an extension of random utility theory to the longitudinal context. An attempt was made to specify the complete set of factors which had been suggested by largely cross-sectional job search and human capital studies as important controls on the length of the residential sojourn. The conceptual model incorporates four such sources of population heterogeneity: employment factors, mobility constraints, life-cycle factors, and the acquisition of human capital. The model is constructed to emphasize the role of migration history for influencing the duration of the sojourn through these sources of population heterogeneity. A survival analysis suggested that the systematic variation that was present in the distribution of sojourn lengths was linked to migration history. A further set of research hypotheses confirmed the relevance of employment and human capital controls on the length of the sojourn. Parameter estimates obtained from a proportional hazards model suggested that unemployment and previous migration history were most strongly associated with shorter sojourns, and experience in the current labor market with longer sojourns and reduced mobility. The research concludes with a summary of the findings and a discussion of the usefulness of longitudinal methods and models for the analysis of time-space problems. |
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Bailey, Adrian John. A Longitudinal Analysis of the Migration of Young Adults in the United States. Ph.D. Dissertation, Indiana University, 1989. |