title: Migration and the life course: is there a retirement transition?
abstract: "This paper focuses on pre-elderly (ages 55-64) net migration in the United States for the period 1980-90, to explore the hypothesis that there exists a ¿retirement transition' that characterizes pre-elderly migration.... This research uses ordinary least squares regression to compare the effects of demographic, economic, and amenity factors on county-level net migration rates for five age groups: the young (25-44), the middle-aged (45-54), the pre-elderly (55-64), the young-old (65-74), and the old-old (75+). Pre-elderly migration patterns emerge as distinct from those of both younger and older age groups. Their net migration patterns are not fully shaped by labour force considerations. At the same time, pre-elderly migration appears to be driven by factors beyond retirement. These findings are discussed in the context of life-course change and their implications for the ageing baby-boom cohorts [considered]."
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005298:Fertility; D006280:Health Workforce; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012106:Research; D012179:Retirement; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Age Factors; Americas; Baby Boom; Comparative Studies; Demographic Aging; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Family And Household; Family Research; Fertility; Human Resources; Labor Force; Life Cycle; Migration; Migration, Internal--determinants; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Retirement; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Studies; United States