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U.S. internal migration and occupational attainment: Assessing absolute and relative outcomes by region and race.

Chenoa Flippen1.   

Abstract

This paper investigates the occupational implications of contemporary migration flows by region and race. Even though the expectation of a positive link between geographic and social mobility is a central tenet in the stratification literature, empirical assessments are rare and have produced inconsistent results. Our analysis departs from traditional frameworks by integrating both absolute and relative notions of occupational standing for evaluating migration outcomes, comparing migrants against non-migrant peers both at origin and destination. Results document that for whites migration is associated with higher occupational attainment both in absolute and relative terms, irrespective of the regional direction of the move. For blacks, on the other hand, absolute occupational gains are markedly absent for migration to the South, which is instead characterized by significant improvement in relative terms. The differences in absolute and relative gains by race and direction of the move helps contextualize the considerable black over representation in north-south migration and highlights the implications of current internal mobility for racial stratification.

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Keywords:  internal migration; occupational attainment; racial stratification; social mobility

Year:  2014        PMID: 25914432      PMCID: PMC4408930          DOI: 10.1007/s11113-013-9308-3

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Popul Res Policy Rev        ISSN: 0167-5923


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