title: Migrant information, job search and the remigration decision.
abstract: "Labor force migration poses two important questions for the economist.  The first concerns the nature, magnitude and direction of labor force response to perceived earnings differentials over space.  The latter and more complex question concerns the effectiveness, or efficiency, of this response--namely migration--and other market mechanisms in reducing these earnings differentials over time."  Both questions are addressed in this paper "by examining relationships among:  (1) quality of information obtained prior to a move, (2) search duration at the migration destination, and (3) the likelihood of subsequent (perhaps corrective) remigration."  These relationships are analyzed using the human capital model of migration-remigration and data from the 1970 U.S. census.
authors.lastname: Herzog Hwj
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Schlottmann
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D003142:Communication; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005843:Geography; D006280:Health Workforce; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D013997:Time Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Behavior; Communication; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; Information Distribution; Labor Force; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrants; Migration; Migration, Internal; Models, Theoretical; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Temporary Migration; Time Factors; United States; Wages