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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
Smith, Lewis H. – 1972
Geographic mobility of the labor force is an adjustment mechanism essential to the maintenance of a growing economy which is undergoing technological change and a rising educational level. This study analyzes the factors which influence mobility decisions to determine whether these choices are made on the basis of rational economic motives. To…
Descriptors: Demography, Geographic Distribution, Labor Force, Migration Patterns
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Taylor, Chris – Alternatives, 1976
This article defines and outlines the Canadian perspective on population policy. It presents the positions of important interest groups in the policymaking process such as the environmentalists, social justice advocates, and quality of life proponents. The debate surrounding the Green Paper on Immigration is examined. Debatable future issues are…
Descriptors: Demography, Migration Patterns, Policy Formation, Political Attitudes
Beale, Calvin L. – 1975
Rapid rural outmovement began around 1940. This trend continued in the 1950's as farm adjustments rapidly took place and the worker-short cities welcomed rural manpower. The majority of nonmetro counties had greater retention of population in the 1960's. The peak of potential migration was reached and passed by the mid-1960's. Due to emerging…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Decentralization, Demography, Economic Factors
Knop, Edward, Comp.; And Others – 1978
Because migration trends in the West and their consequences have sometimes served as indicators of what other regions can expect, it is important that such trends and effects be monitored and analyzed. This bulletin describes patterns of migration, assesses individual and family and social considerations in western migration, and discusses policy…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Demography, Employment Patterns, Family Mobility
Goldstone, Seymour; Schiffel, Dennis – 1971
The report presents the results of a study which indicate that demographic comparisons of labor force participation rates are most fruitfully made on the basis of sex, age, educational attainment, presence of small children, race, and marital status. Also that the most important demographic comparisons of groups employment (unemployment) rates are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Demography, Economic Research
Smith, T. Lynn – 1974
The cause and effect of rural to urban migration is analyzed in this collection of studies completed from the early 1930's to the 1970's. The analysis revealed that urban problems have been closely related to the sociocultural transition going on in rural America--that the changes in life and labor in agriculture have influenced, if not caused,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Demography, History, Low Income Groups
Wilson, Franklin D. – 1986
This paper evaluates the hypothesis that patterns of migration within and between the metropolitan and nonmetropolitan sectors and between regions, and migrant/nonmigrant differentials in education attainment during the 1935-1980 period of United States history reflect historical differences in socioeconomic development and settlement patterns.…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison, Educational Trends
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Taeuber, Karl E. – 1976
This report reviews recent population and manpower projections and examines how they take into account certain unexpected shifts in demographic, social, and economic behavior. It also assesses how well the particular circumstances, trends, and problems of the nation's major minority groups have been brought into the purview of the projection…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Blacks, Demography, Employment Patterns
Groves, Robert H.; McCormick, Robert W. – 1976
This study was designed to compare farm brothers who stayed in the rural areas of Ohio with urban brothers who migrated to large metropolitan areas of Ohio. The objectives were (1) to identify and compare selected characteristics of farm owners or operators who stayed on a farm in the Appalachian region of Ohio with selected characteristics of…
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Research, Family Mobility, Farmers
Johnson, Ronald L.; Johnson, Kent J. – 1968
A study compared social and social-psychological characteristics of 112 male respondents who moved to 4 other states from North Dakota (the most rural state in the nation) between the years 1961 and 1965 with similar characteristics of 513 North Dakota male residents who remained in their respective communities throughout the five-year period.…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Males
Byerlee, Derek – 1972
African nations have been experiencing rapid rates of urbanization accompanied by serious problems of urban unemployment due to the rate of rural-urban migration and the lack of an adequate understanding of the migration process for economic policy formulation. The aim of this paper was to review the present knowledge of African rural-urban…
Descriptors: Capital, Demography, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Hwang, Sean-Shong; Murdock, Steve H. – 1986
To explain the migration turnaround of the 1970s, it has been suggested that the United States may be approaching an equilibrium state in the exchange of populations between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. As metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas have become more similar in population composition and industrial and socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Employment Patterns, Hypothesis Testing
Darden, Joe T. – 1976
This study presents quantitative evidence that the inability of blacks to pay for housing in white residential areas in Flint, Michigan is not the major cause of black residential segregation. The following questions are asked: (1) Has black residential segregation in Flint remained at a high level from 1950 to 1970? (2) Has the trend in black…
Descriptors: Black Housing, Demography, Economic Factors, Housing Discrimination
Schultz, T. Paul – 1970
The rural-urban migration pattern in Colombia during the last 25 years has resulted in a population increase in urban areas from 30 to 52 percent of the total population. This study explores the causes of internal migration. Migration rates are estimated for various groups in the population to clarify who migrates and to where. A model of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Demography, Living Standards
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