title: Can economic incentives explain the recent population movements to nonmetropolitan areas?
abstract: Factors affecting migration from metropolitan to nonmetropolitan areas of the United States are explored using a time-series model of annual net migration in Minnesota for the period 1951 to 1978.  The importance of economic factors is emphasized.  The authors "also found support for the null hypothesis of exogeneity of nonmetropolitan unemployment, the economic influence on migration that is most likely to be endogenous.  The results of Chow Tests indicate that changes in the portion of migration behavior...investigated reflect stable responses to changes in economic incentives."
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hoenack
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Peris
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Weiler
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D008910:Minnesota; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014478:Unemployment; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Migration; Migration, Internal; Minnesota; Models, Theoretical; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Report; Socioeconomic Factors; Turnaround Migration; Unemployment; United States