title: The information effects of origin on migrants' job search behavior.
abstract: "Migrants are generally assumed to gather specific information about the destination primarily through physical contact, or through family, friends, and acquaintances.  In this paper, I propose an additional source of information:  similarities between origin and destination labor markets.  Data from the 1983-1987 PSID [Panel Study of Income Dynamics] are used in a two-stage least squares model of postmove search duration in the U.S.  Rural-to-urban migrants (except for rural Southerners) exhibit significantly lower search duration than other groups, controlling for productivity-related characteristics and postmove earnings.  In addition, employment growth differences between origin and destination are found to be better predictors of search duration than are differences in average earnings."
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013997:Time Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Behavior; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Destination; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Employment; Human Resources; Information; Labor Force; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrants; Migration; Migration, Internal; North America; Northern America; Origin; Population; Population Dynamics; Rural-urban Migration; Time Factors; United States