Tracking the Baby Boom, the Baby Bust, and the Echo Generations: How Age Composition Regulates Us Migration∗

Abstract

US regional and state migration data from the 1940s–80s, when members of the baby boom generation aged into their years of peak labor force mobility, suggest ways in which changing age composition regulates geographical mobility and interregional migration. Labor supply pressure plays a key role in the dynamics of the national migration system. A “delayed mobility” effect in the 1980s similar to the delayed fertility of the baby boom cohorts appears to be a result of the depressed rates of mobility experienced by members of this generation when they flooded regional labor markets with record numbers of entrants in the 1970s. Recent temporal shifts in age‐specific volumes of interregional migration help predict the future pace of migration based upon the projected age distribution of the nation.

Decomposing American immobility: Compositional and rate components of interstate, intrastate, and intracounty migration and mobility decline

“…The cohort perspective demonstrates clearly the decline in mobility among those under 35: each successive generation reaches peak rates of mobility later in life -at 20 years of age in the Silent Generation, but at 23 years for Baby Boomers, 24 years for Generation X, and 25 years for Millennials -and those peak rates decline with each successive generation. These findings contradict Plane and Rogerson's (1991) prediction that mobility among the young would increase through the turn of the 21 st century. As such, declining mobility among younger age groups appears to be driven by broader generational shifts in mobility and migration patterns, which may be related to the increasing barriers to labor market entry and the increasing debts incurred earning a college education (Cooke 2013).…”

Residential Mobility of Older Adults in the Dutch Housing Market: Do Individual Characteristics and Housing Attributes Have an Effect on Mobility?

“…This rise in the number of older adults will persist until approximately the year 2030, after which the number of older adults will drop due to the decreasing birth rates from the 1970s and onwards (van Iersel et al, 2010). the year 2030, after which the number of older adults will drop due to the decreasing birth rates from the 1970s and onwards (van iersel et al�, 2010)� The effect of these factors has been that the old-age dependency ratio, defined as the number of persons aged 65 and older as a percentage of the 20 to 64 year olds, gradually increased from 18�8% in 1970 to its current level of 25�2%� The old-age dependency ratio is expected to peak at 48�7% in 2040 (CBS, 2010)� as the number and proportion of older people in our society changes, these processes will have numerous implications (Kim, 2011)� The increase of older adults, together with a decrease in the number of younger people, will place an enormous burden on existing income systems, health care systems, social services and retirement programs� older adults are likely to demand a wide array of new services to meet their unique and diverse needs (Choi and dinse, 1998)� The changing age composition will also affect the geographical mobility of populations (Plane and rogerson, 1991), reshaping the physical environment as we know it (Kim, 2011)� This research aims to provide more insight into the residential moving behaviour of older adults in the netherlands� This paper will first present theoretical frameworks which have been applied to the residential mobility of older adults� next, the discrepancy in defining the older adults in the literature will be discussed� The paper will continue with several descriptive analyses demonstrating the difference between older adults that moved and older adults that did not move between the years 2007 and 2009� lastly, some suggestions for future research are given�…”

Urgent Care Center Location: an Empirical Analysis of their Locations in Relation to Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Land Use Factors: a Case Study of Portland, Oregon

“…UCCs are difficult to define largely because of the diversity of practitioners and services that are included under that name. There is no single uniform definition for urgent care (Kovner, 1990;Plane and Rogerson, 1991;Morrill, 1993 ). It is beyond the scope of this study to cover all types of UCCs; therefore, the focus here is on UCCs that offer extended hours of general urgent care treatment without prior appointment.…”

“…1The 1990s is witnessing the aging of the baby boomers. The baby boo111 generation will dramatically increase the demand for health care (Plane and Rogerson, 1991;Morrill, 1993 ).…”