Migration sequences : who moves back and who moves on? / Julie S. DaVanzo, Peter A. Morrison.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

DaVanzo, Julie.

Contributor:

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.)

Morrison, Peter A.

Series:

R (Rand Corporation)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migration, Internal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 68 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [1982].

Summary:

Most moves that people make are not first moves, but repeat moves that form sequences of migration. This study is a first step toward conceptualizing, analyzing, and theorizing about such sequences and, by extension, types of repeat moves. Central questions posed are: Why do people migrate initially? Why do many migrate repeatedly thereafter? Why do some migrants move onward to new locations, whereas others return to some place where they had lived before? The policy implications of the findings center on two matters: the effects of repeat (and especially return) migration on the local economy and labor force in areas to which migrants move (back); and strategies for strengthening migration's personal economic effectiveness.

Notes:

"R-2548-NICHD."

"Prepared for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development."

"November 1982."