Employment status and the decision to migrate

The purpose of this paper is to examine the demographic and socioeconomic determinants of migration for both the employed and unemployed. Hypotheses concerning the effects of age education and public services are developed and tested using data on interstate migration of the U.S. labor force from 1965 to 1970. "For individuals at-risk to either primary or repeat migration the age and education selectivity of migration were in general confirmed. However for unemployed potential primary migrants education selectivity was not observed." It was also found that "the provision of welfare services have little or no impact on the migration decision of the unemployed....However unemployment was shown to significantly affect the role played by educational quality and training accessibility within the migration decision." (EXCERPT)