Dwindling U.S. internal migration: Evidence of spatial equilibrium or structural shifts in local labor markets?

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 375-388

  Partridge, Mark D ^a   Rickman, Dan S ^b   Olfert, M Rose ^c   Ali, Kamar ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Internal migration; Labor market flexibility; Spatial equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERNAL MIGRATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR SUPPLY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 82955217663     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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