The effect of climate on migration: United States, 1995-2000

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 743-753

  Poston Jr , Dudley L ^a   Zhang, Li ^b   Gotcher, David J ^c   Gu, Yuan ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Human ecology; Humidity; Migration; Temperature; Wind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; HUMAN; MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

CLIMATE; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 70149119894     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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