Interstate Migration and Employer-to-Employer Transitions in the U.S.: New Evidence from Administrative Records Data

Henry Hyatt, Erika McEntarfer, Ken Ueda and Alexandria Zhang

Working Papers from U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

Abstract: Declines in migration across labor markets have prompted concerns that the U.S. economy is becoming less dynamic. In this paper we examine the relationship between residential migration and employer-to-employer transitions using both survey and administrative records data. We first note strong disagreement between the Current Population Survey (CPS) and other migration statistics on the timing and severity of any decline in interstate migration. Despite these divergent patterns for overall residential migration, we find consistent evidence of a substantial decline in economic migration between 2000 and 2010. We find that composition and the returns to migration have limited ability to explain recent changes in interstate migration.

Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2016-01
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