The Influence of Booms and Busts in the U.S. Economy on the Interstate Migration System

Vias, Alexander C.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2257.2009.00518.x

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“…The slope interaction coefficient is positive and significant for each time period except 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. In other words, outside of this two-year window, net migration gains by the U.S.born in large metropolitan areas generated more gain in the immigrant population through internal migration than in small metropolitan areas. In -2010 we detect no such effect.…”

Section: Internal Migration the Redistribution Of Immigrants To New contrasting

confidence: 57%

“…Our main interest is in the redistributive impacts of migration on immigrant settlement. As net migration volumes are heavily influenced by population size, we base much of our analysis on a well-known measure, migration effectiveness, which standardizes migration gains or losses per 100 movers (e.g., Vias, 2010). This makes it possible to compare the redistribution of differently sized population subgroups across locations of varying populations.…”

Section: Data and Analytic Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Great Recession and the Allure of New Immigrant Destinations in the United States

Ellis

Wright

Townley

2014

International Migration Review

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In the 1990s, the immigrant population in the United States dispersed to non-traditional settlement locations (what have become known as “new immigrant destinations”). This paper examines whether the allure of new destinations persisted in the 2000s with a particular focus on the internal migration of the foreign born during the recent deep recessionary period and its aftermath. Three specific questions motivate the analysis. First, are immigrants, much like the US-born population, becoming less migratory within the country over time? Second, is immigrant dispersal from traditional gateways via internal migration continuing despite considerable economic contraction in many new destination metropolitan areas? Third, is immigration from aboard a substitute for what appears to be declining immigrant internal migration to new destinations? The findings reveal a close correlation between the declining internal migration propensity of the US-born and immigrants in the last two decades. We also observe parallels between the geographies of migration of native- and foreign-born populations with both groups moving to similar metropolitan areas in the 1990s. This redistributive association, however, weakened in the subsequent decade as new destination metropolitan areas lost their appeal for both groups, especially immigrants. There is no evidence to suggest that immigration from abroad is substituting for the decline in immigrant redistribution through internal migration to new destinations. Across destination types the relationship between immigration from abroad and the internal migration of the foreign born remained the same before, during, and after the Great Recession.

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Section: Internal Migration the Redistribution Of Immigrants To New contrasting

confidence: 57%

Section: Data and Analytic Strategymentioning

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The Great Recession and the Allure of New Immigrant Destinations in the United States

Ellis

Wright

Townley

2014

International Migration Review

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“…There is a positive relation between economic freedom and growth (Ashby et al 2013;Panahi et al 2014). In turn, higher growth is usually perceived as a migration determinant (Vias 2010) and a pull factor (Lee 1966). If, then, higher economic freedom can be viewed as a direct cause of higher economic growth, which in turn positively impacts migration flow, then economic freedom also indirectly affects migration (Hall, Lawson 2014).…”

Section: Economic Freedom and Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Inclusive Analysis of Determinants of International Migration. The Case of European Rich and Poor Countries

Mihi-Ramírez

Kumpikaitè-Valiüniené²,

García

2017

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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This work aims to integrate defragmented migration perspectives in order to better understand and explain reasons of contemporaneous migration. Accordingly, international migration flows are explained with various socio-economic determinants which address different sources of migration, reinforced by the best-known theories and conceptual frameworks. A panel data analysis is performed at the level of rich and poor countries of the European Union to measure migration flows from the year 2000 until 2013. The results provide evidence indicating that there are some structural similarities and discrepancies between European rich and poor countries. These similarities (or discrepancies) make them responding similarly to certain economic conditions and changes. Thus, the association of earnings, inequalities (measured by the Gini Index) and poverty line could be positive or negative depending on wealth level of countries. Moreover, unemployment is a supply-push factor, but its importance is much higher in rich countries, diminishing in poorer countries. Economic freedom has a very strong positive effect on migration for all countries, but its relevance turned out to be the highest in the group of the poorest countries. Also, the association between Foreign Direct Investment and migration is negative, but it is more significant in the case of poorer countries.

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“…We compared trends in native‐born black and white migration patterns for individual states or aggregated into census divisions and regions using two measures: raw net migration and a standardized measure of net migration called migration effectiveness (e.g., Vias ). Migration effectiveness, E ik , for group k in geographic unit i (census region, division, state) was calculated using the following formula:

E_{i k} = 100 \cdot \frac{I n_{i k} - O u t_{i k}}{I n_{i k} + O u t_{i k}}

where In ik and Out ik refer to the migration flows of group k in and out of geographic unit i.…”

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The Great Recession and the Migration Redistribution of Blacks and Whites in the U.S. South

Rivers¹,

Wright²,

Ellis³

2015

Growth and Change

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Abtract For much of the last century, the South was a net loser of blacks and whites to other regions. The end of this “Great Migration” occurred around 1970. Since then, the South is the only U.S. region to gain both blacks and whites through migration in every decade. As recessions often perturb migration systems by restraining rates of movement and altering patterns, this paper explores how the Great Recession of 2007–2009 and its aftermath affected the established migration gains of native‐born blacks and whites within the South. We use data from the 1990 and 2000 censuses and pooled data from American Community Survey to evaluate these changes. While the South continued to add both blacks and whites from migration during the recessionary years, key states bucked this trend. Georgia, for example, experienced a net migration gain of blacks but a net loss of whites. Florida added population in all time periods studied but lost large numbers of educated blacks and whites between 2008–2010. Texas, in contrast, added both blacks and whites from migration no matter their age or education throughout the recent recession. This economic downturn, then, has disturbed long‐term migration patterns in the South. A more nuanced set of interstate movements has emerged, differentiated by age and education within race groups, which we suspect will last for some time.

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The Influence of Booms and Busts in the U.S. Economy on the Interstate Migration System

Cited by 10 publications

References 19 publications

The Great Recession and the Allure of New Immigrant Destinations in the United States

The Great Recession and the Allure of New Immigrant Destinations in the United States

An Inclusive Analysis of Determinants of International Migration. The Case of European Rich and Poor Countries

The Great Recession and the Migration Redistribution of Blacks and Whites in the U.S. South

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