Farm—Nonfarm Migration in the Southeast: A Costs—Returns Analysis

William D. Diehl

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1966, vol. 48, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: This study of farm—nonfarm migration in southeastern United States from 1950 to 1960 was made within the conceptual framework of costs of and returns to the activity of migration from agriculture. The costs—returns framework proves to be a useful analytical framework. Nonfarm income potentials of farm people specific to their age, education, nonfarm occupational experience, and race, in addition to the potential costs of giving up farm income and capital gains, were hypothesized to be determinants of farm—nonfarm migration. The implications of the conceptual framework are that there should be significant responses of the farm population to differential rewards in the farm and nonfarm sectors for these factors. Results in a multivariate statistical analysis indicate a strong migration response to income incentives.

Date: 1966
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