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Kiker, B. F.; Traynham, Earle C. – Growth and Change, 1977
The study determined: if there were economic and/or demographic differences between them which existed prior to out-migration; what were the actual earnings differences between cohorts of return and nonreturn migrants following their migration; and if return migrants experienced an improvement or worsening in earnings relative to cohorts of…
Descriptors: Age, Cohort Analysis, Demography, Income
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Wunderman, Lorna E.; Steiber, Steven R. – Journal of Medical Education, 1983
Sixty-five percent of physicians entering their first professional positions leave the counties of their residencies, following a national migration trend to the Sun Belt. Most of these were in nonprimary care specialties and moved into self-employment or office-based practices, were disproportionately male, and moved to smaller urban or nonurban…
Descriptors: Geographic Distribution, Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education, Migration Patterns
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Hackenberg, Robert A.; Wilson, C. Roderick – Human Organization, 1972
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, Community Study, Employment Patterns, Migration Patterns
White, Michael J.; Mueser, Peter R. – 1988
This report simultaneously examines alternative mobility decisions and changes in the demographic determinants of residential mobility over the period 1940-80. Alternative mobility decisions are defined as the choice to move locally, to migrate within a state, or to migrate between states. Determinants of mobility include age, race, sex, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Census Figures, Demography, Educational Attainment
Fowler, Gary L.; Rappaport, Jeff – 1979
Congressional mandate in 1975 directed that the Appalachian Regional Commission conduct a study on (1) the status of Appalachian migrants living in the destinations to which they had moved; (2) current migration patterns and implications; and (3) past and potential impact of Commission programs on outmigration and welfare of Appalachian migrants.…
Descriptors: Demography, Income, Migrant Employment, Migrants
Corbett, Mike – 2000
A study examined the role of education in outmigration from the rural coastal community of Digby Neck, Nova Scotia. Data gathered on 756 Grade 6 students who left Digby Neck Consolidated School between 1957 and 1992 were supplemented by in-depth interviews with 36 of those former students, 12 area educators, and community members. Findings…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Fisheries
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Saenz, Rogelio; Davila, Alberto – International Migration Review, 1992
Examines the relationships among human capital, employment, and ethnic factors, and return migration to the Southwest among Chicanos using an integrated human capital framework and data for 1,926 Chicano householders. Results suggest the importance of various human capital, employment, and ethnic composition variables as predictors of Chicano…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Census Figures, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns