Research has thoroughly documented how out-migration of the educated and skilled from rural areas leaves behind a poorer population and creates pockets of rural poverty. Recently, studies have recognized that the poor are also geographically mobile and that poverty migration patterns can reinforce rural poverty concentrations. In this process,…

Examining relationships between social restraints and economic incentives on individuals' willingness to move, special attention was given to labor force participation relative to social factors. Regression Analysis found age and community tenure correlated negatively with willingness to move; people who were employed or not yet retired showed…

A panel of 2,081 Pennsylvania migrants and nonmigrants from rural areas were first surveyed as high school sophomores in 1947 and again in 1971. With education and socioeconomic background controlled, male migrants were more likely than nonmigrants to achieve high income and prestigious jobs. (EDE)