Chronic movers and the future redistribution of population: A longitudinal analysis

Morrison, Peter A.

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“…Gains from onward and return migration A well-known finding from the migration literature is that having migrated previously is a major factor enhancing the likelihood of further moves (DaVanzo, 1981;Morrison, 1971). Many of the repeat migrations are return moves (DaVanzo, 1981).…”

Section: Short-term and Long-term Gains From Migrationmentioning

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Migration histories and occupational achievement

Mulder

Ham

2005

Popul. Space Place

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Abstract.We have investigated the impact of men's and women's migration histories on their occupational achievement. Compared with previous work, our operationalization of migration histories is much more detailed: we include not only the distinction between onward and return migration, but also the crucial aspects of the destination and short-term versus long-term effects of migration. Using retrospective survey data for the Netherlands and a least-squares regression model of socio-economic status, we explain the socio-economic status of men and women in a given year from the migration history up to that year, controlling for other factors known to influence socio-economic status. Support was found for the hypothesis that migration has a positive long-term impact on men's occupational achievement. Only multiple migrations affect women's occupational achievement significantly, in a positive way.

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Section: Short-term and Long-term Gains From Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migration histories and occupational achievement

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Ham

2005

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“…It has long been recognized that measures of migration are influenced by the repeated movement of a small segment of the population (Goldstein 1954(Goldstein , 1964Eldridge 1964Eldridge , 1965Morrison 1971). This effect is most readily apparent from comparison of data on mobility over different length intervals.…”

Section: Number Of Movesmentioning

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How often do australians move? alternative measures of population mobility

Bell

1996

Journal of Population Research

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Conventional census-based measures of population mobility are conceptually abstruse, ignore multiple moves and obscure the diversity of human migration experience. This paper explores three alternatives and outlines their strengths and limitations. Application of life table techniques to convert transition rates to migration expectancies generates measures that are more readily understood, automatically standardizes for age and enables the timing of mobility to be analysed methodically. Data on movement frequencies and residence duration provide new perspectives indicating substantial chronic mobility and significant differences between frequent movers and long term stayers. A number of simple summary statistics are proposed to supplement transition rates.The Australian census, like that in most countries, measures migration as a change in place of usual residence, or transition, between two points in time. For example, according to the 1986 Census, 16.7 per cent of Australians had changed address since 1985 and 41.2 per cent had moved since 1981 (Bell 1995). Transition rates of this type have a number of advantages: they offer a straightforward, unambiguous definition of migration; they permit comparison of mobility rates among different segments of the population; and they facilitate monitoring of the way mobility changes over time.Offsetting these benefits, however, are several limitations. One deficiency, widely recognized, is that repeat and return moves occurring within the observation interval are disregarded. The longer the observation period, the greater the number of moves that are missed and conventional five year mobility rates radically understate the true extent of mobility. Similarly, moves that took place before the start of the period are not recorded. These omissions are symptomatic of the fact that transition rates measured over a fixed interval reduce to a simple dichotomy (moved/did not move) a repetitive process in which most individuals participate at some time in their lives. The mobility continuum is partitioned into two discrete elements, movers and stayers, which are treated as homogeneous. This in turn obscures the considerable diversity of human population movement.A related deficiency is that the summary statistics commonly reported from fixed interval measures are conceptually abstruse. The proportion of people who change residence in a one or five year period has little meaning in terms of individual experience and this makes it difficult to explain clearly to non-specialists how often people move. The problems of interpretation are compounded when the observed rates for selected sub-populations or time periods are standardized to control for the effects of differing age structures. Yet without such standardization, apparent variations in mobility may be quite misleading.This paper explores three alternative approaches to measuring mobility that assist in overcoming these deficiencies. The first involves applying life table techniques to census data to calculate migration expectan...

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“…Second, their duration of stay in the prefecture of residence at middle schoo] graduation might not be long enough for the development of a large amount of location specific capital there. Third, migration can be considered as a learning process so that it may become easier to do the second time, because the previous migration experience can reduce both psychic and material costs of the next migration (Morrison 1971).…”

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Life-course Perspective on Some Distinctive Features of Migration from Non-metropolitan Prefectures in Japan

Inoue

Liaw

2004

Geogr. Rev. JPN, Chirigaku Hyoron

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Abstract:In recent migration literature, three distinctive features in the sex ratio of annual interprefectural migration in Japan since the 1950s have been identified and explained: (1) an upward trend, (2) a persistently high level, and (3) systematic fluctuations around the trend . We first show in this paper that these three features can also be clearly seen in the sex ratio of non-metropolitan out-migration rates in the launching stage (i .e. between graduation from middle school and acquirement of the first job) of the life course of the Japanese . We then explain these features in terms of (1) the changing and persistent ideologies that orient and constrain the behaviors of Japanese household members and (2) the changes in the spatial economy of Japan.To gain further insights, we also show the systematic effects of educational attainment and sibling status on the non-metropolitan out-migration propensities of the Japanese in the launching stage of their life course. Our findings suggest that the migration propensities will continue to be highly selective with respect to gender (higher for males than for females) and educational attainment (higher for the better educated and lower for the less educated) but will be little affected by sibling status. With respect to the changes in the spatial economy , our findings also suggest that the migration responses will be much greater for males than for females, and that among males the responses will be particularly intense at the two extremes of educational attainment, especially the upper extreme.

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Chronic movers and the future redistribution of population: A longitudinal analysis

Cited by 122 publications

References 6 publications

Migration histories and occupational achievement

Migration histories and occupational achievement

How often do australians move? alternative measures of population mobility

Life-course Perspective on Some Distinctive Features of Migration from Non-metropolitan Prefectures in Japan

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