Econ Focus
Pulling Up Stakes
Americans are moving less, and it's not clear why — but housing is not the whole story
Related Links
Ganong, Peter, and Daniel Shoag. “Why Has Regional Convergence in the U.S. Stopped?” Harvard Kennedy School Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP 12-028, June 2012.
Partridge, Mark D., Dan S. Rickman, M. Rose Olfert, and Kamar Ali. “Dwindling U.S. Internal Migration: Evidence of a Spatial Equilibrium or Structural Shifts in Local Labor Markets?” Regional Science and Urban Economics, January 2012, vol. 42, no. 1-2, pp. 375-388.
Molloy, Raven, Christopher L. Smith, and Abigail Wozniak. “Internal Migration in the United States.” Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2011, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 173-196.
Zhu, Siyi, and Li Gan. “The Slow Down in Family Migration in the United States.” Texas A&M University Job Market Paper, December 2011.