Rural Youth Outmigration: How Big Is the Problem and for Whom?

Robert M. Gibbs and John B. Cromartie

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1994, vol. 10, issue 01

Abstract: High levels of outmigration in rural America among adults ages 20-34 are largely mitigated by inmigration in this age group. Net migration losses are more severe among the best educated young people, reflecting the richer urban array of colleges and high-skill jobs. Net losses also vary sharply over space, approaching 20 percent or more of all young adults in some nonmetro counties. High net-loss counties are distinguished primarily by low inmigration rather than high outmigration.

Keywords: Labor and Human Capital; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.311063

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