Family Attachment and the Decision to Move by Race
IMF Working Papers, May 1, 2002
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- Authors: Antonio Spilimbergo, Luis Ubeda
- Published: May 1, 2002
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451850550.001
Summary
- Research question: Tests the relevance of family ties in explaining lower geographic mobility rates of Blacks relative to whites in the United States.
- Key empirical finding: Results are robust to different specifications and estimation techniques, and explain the role played by the nuclear and the extended family in the decision to move.
- Time coverage: Data cover the period 1977–88.
Context and Motivation
- Puzzle addressed: Blacks have lower geographic mobility rates than whites despite having characteristics usually associated with high rates of mobility, including:
- high unemployment
- low rate of home ownership
- low marriage rate
- settlement in areas where unemployment is high
Data and Proxies
- Data source: University of Michigan’s Panel Study of Income Dynamics.
- Proxies: Family-ties proxies constructed from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to capture nuclear and extended family attachment.
Methods and Robustness
- Estimation: Multiple specifications and estimation techniques were used.
- Robustness: Results described as robust across different specifications and estimation techniques.
Key Themes and Concepts
- Nuclear family attachment and nuclear family proxy
- Extended family, extended family consist, extended family effect, extended family proxy, extended family variable
- Internal migration and migration rate
- Panel data analysis
- Labor-market context: Unemployment, Unemployment rate, Personal income
Publication and Metadata
- Authors: Antonio Spilimbergo, Luis Ubeda
- Publication date: May 1, 2002
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- Series identifier: Working Paper No. 2002/083
- Issue: 083
- Volume: 2002
- Pages: 21
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451850550.001
- ISBN: 9781451850550
- ISSN: 1018-5941
- Stock No: WPIEA0832002
- Subject keywords: Education, Labor, Labor markets, Migration, National accounts, Personal income, Population and demographics, Unemployment, Unemployment rate
- Author-provided keywords: extended family; extended family consist; extended family effect; extended family proxy; extended family variable; family; internal migration; Migration; migration rate; nuclear family; nuclear family attachment; nuclear family proxy; panel data; Personal income; Unemployment; Unemployment rate; WP
Source: Antonio Spilimbergo and Luis Ubeda, "Family Attachment and the Decision to Move by Race", IMF Working Papers 2002, 083. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451850550.001
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