Inmigrants to the Northern Great Plains: Survey Results from Nebraska and North Dakota

F. Leistritz, Sam Cordes, Randall S. Sell, John C. Allen and Rebecca Filkins

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 2000, vol. 15, issue 3

Abstract: New arrivals to Nebraska and North Dakota had higher educational levels than did the States' populations overall, but few fit the "lone eagle" profile-individuals engaged in high-paying, knowledge-based industries who telecommute to work or service distant clients. Migrants appeared to move for quality of life rather than economic incentives. Most often cited was a desire to be closer to relatives, a safer place to live, and quality of the natural environment. These promising new residents would augment the population lost by the outmigration of the 1980's.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289467

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