Search Time, Unemployment, and the Migration Decision

Ernst P. Goss and Niles C. Schoening

Journal of Human Resources, 1984, vol. 19, issue 4, 570-579

Abstract: Several studies have shown that the unemployed in distressed regions of the U.S. have been reluctant to move to areas of greater employment opportunities. By establishing a negative correlation between weeks of job search and the probability of migration, this study is able to provide a partial explanation for the lack of a positive and statistically significant relationship between out-migration rates and the unemployment rate in the local labor market. It is our contention here that those regions that have experienced long periods of high unemployment possess a long-term unemployed population that is less likely to undertake a geographic move.

Date: 1984
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (24)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/145949
A subscription is required to access pdf files. Pay per article is available.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:19:y:1984:i:4:p:570-579

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Human Resources from University of Wisconsin Press
Bibliographic data for series maintained by ().