title: Migration regions and interstate labor flows by occupation in the United States.
abstract: "This paper investigates the migration patterns of occupational groups [in the United States].  The results confirm previous analyses of the differences in movement behavior between occupations but, in addition, show that this variation is a function of the industrial sector of employment.  The chief aim of the paper, however, is to uncover the geography of labor flows for different occupational groups using a principal components analysis of interstate flow matrices....Results indicate that migration regions vary by occupation and industry and we argue that these differences reflect job information flows and regional employment structure for various classes of labor."  Data are from the Public Use Microdata Sample A taken from the 1980 census.
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005843:Geography; D006280:Health Workforce; D007221:Industry; D009656:North America; D009790:Occupations; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; Industry; Labor Migration; Macroeconomic Factors; Migration; Migration, Internal; North America; Northern America; Occupations; Population; Population Dynamics; United States