The wax and wane of interstate migration patterns in the U.S.A. in the 1980s: a demographic effectiveness field perspective

The author analyzes the structure of temporal changes in U.S. internal migration over the period 1980-1988 using data from matched income tax returns. "A number of hypotheses are explored about how in-migration and out-migration fields wax and wane, thereby giving rise to the overall shifts in...

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Published inEnvironment and planning. A Vol. 26; no. 10; p. 1,545
Main Author Plane, D A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.1994
Subjects
Americas
Demography
Developed Countries
Emigration and Immigration
Geography
North America
Population
Population Dynamics
Time Factors
United States
Americas
United States
North America
Geographic Factors
Americas
Northern America
Developed Countries
Time Factors
United States
Migration
Population
Migration, Internal
Demographic Factors
North America
Population Dynamics
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Summary:The author analyzes the structure of temporal changes in U.S. internal migration over the period 1980-1988 using data from matched income tax returns. "A number of hypotheses are explored about how in-migration and out-migration fields wax and wane, thereby giving rise to the overall shifts in demographic effectiveness measured over the period. The results highlight the characteristics of recent (1980-88) shifts in U.S. internal migration patterns including net migration reversals from strong net in-migration to strong net out-migration for states with significant energy sectors, the stanching of net out-migration from many states of the American manufacturing belt, the turnaround to net in-migration for all of northern New England, and the continuance of highly effective net in-migration to the sunbelt states of Florida, Arizona, and Nevada."
ISSN:0308-518X