Location of Adult Children as an Attraction for Black and White Elderly Migrants in the United States

Kao-Lee Liaw, William H. Frey and Ji-Ping Lin

Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers from McMaster University

Abstract: This research evaluates the location of adult children as a determinant of interstate primary migration for elderly (aged 60+) blacks and whites, over the 1985-90 period. We find that the location of adult children, as well as environmental amenities, affect the migration of both elderly blacks and whites but exert different redistribution influences on each race. Our results support the migration implications of Eugene Litwak's theory of the "modified extended family", which is considered to be more viable than the isolated nuclear family in a modern society.

Keywords: elderly; migrants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J11 J14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2000-04
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