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CLIMATE AND U.S. ELDERLY MIGRATION RATES
- Source :
- Papers in Regional Science. 73:309-329
- Publication Year :
- 2005
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2005.
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Abstract
- This study investigates the impact of climate on [U.S.] metropolitan elderly migration rates. Factor analysis is used to identify six factors within a set of forty climatic variables. These six factors along with eleven nonclimatic variables are used to predict elderly in- and outmigration rates. Metropolitan areas with mild winters and low average incomes are attractive to elderly inmigrants while those with high rents and clear dry summers are likely to lose older residents through outmigration. These findings are consistent with the life course model of mobility and with the distinction between conservative and innovating migrants. (EXCERPT)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Economics
Climate
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Population
Population Dynamics
Geography, Planning and Development
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Population Characteristics
Socioeconomics
education
Aged
Demography
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education.field_of_study
Internal migration
Developed Countries
Economic rent
Age Factors
Climatic variables
social sciences
Emigration and Immigration
Metropolitan area
United States
Geography
Socioeconomic Factors
North America
Life course approach
Americas
Developed country
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14355957 and 10568190
- Volume :
- 73
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Papers in Regional Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....218fc2ccef84e0644b098b2614276c12