Intercounty Variability of Net Migration at Older Ages as a Path-Dependent Process

Autor/inn/en	Brown, David L.; Bolender, Benjamin C.; Kulcsar, Laszlo J.; Glasgow, Nina; Sanders, Scott
Titel	Intercounty Variability of Net Migration at Older Ages as a Path-Dependent Process
Quelle	In: Rural Sociology, 76 (2011) 1, S.44-73 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-0112
DOI	10.1111/j.1549-0831.2010.00034.x
Schlagwörter	Migration; Retirement; Population Growth; Counties; Context Effect; Recreation; Tourism; Rural Areas; Migrants; Economic Impact; Rural Economics; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pensionierung; Population increase; Bevölkerungswachstum; Re-creation; Erholung; Tourismus; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Migrantin; Ökonomische Determinanten; USA
Abstract	This article seeks to identify factors associated with the formation and development of nonmetropolitan destinations for older in-migration, thereby explaining why some U.S. counties are more likely than others to be nonmetro retirement destinations. We contend that most nonmetro retirement destinations are established and developed over time through a path-dependent process. When amenities are commodified as recreation and tourism, migration streams tend to be established that ultimately produce sustained in-migration of older persons to selected destination communities. We use data from a variety of official sources and a spatial statistics methodology to examine intercounty variability in net migration rates at ages 60-74. Our findings are consistent with the aforementioned path-dependent development framework. Counties with a long history of population growth, previous experience attracting older in-migrants, attractive natural amenities, and a developed recreation and tourism industry are those most likely to be retirement-age migration destinations. In contrast, agricultural heartland and relatively large population size are associated with lower rates of older in-migration. Older in-migration should be seen as neither a panacea for strapped rural communities nor a "pensions and care issue." Older migrants can be "gray gold," but they can also pose challenges, such as possibly increased demand for public services as they age in place. (Contains 3 figures, 2 tables and 25 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10