Purpose: Although migration decision making is central to understanding later-life migration, the critical step between migration intentions and mobility outcomes has received only limited empirical attention. We address two questions: How often are intended moves actuated? What factors condition the likelihood that mobility intentions will be…

Used data from 1960, 1970, and 1980 census microdata files to profile characteristics of migrants over age 60 who had recently moved within and between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan settings in United States. Three-decade pattern of differences between metropolitan-to-nonmetropolitan and nonmetropolitan-to-metropolitan migrants was demonstrated…

Purpose: We call attention to the widespread belief that the United States is an "increasingly mobile society," despite the fact that overall mobility has generally declined since about 1950, and interstate mobility has generally not increased during the same period. We review and extend past research documenting these mobility trends.…

Purpose: We examine the methodological and economic policy implications of three operationalizations of retirement migration. Design and Methods: We compared the traditional age-based definition of retirement migration and two retirement-based definitions, based on degree of labor-force participation and retirement income, by using the 2000 U.S.…