Intermetropolitan Migration and Quality of Life*

Porell, Frank W.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9787.1982.tb00741.x

Cited by 101 publications

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“…For example, the post-1970 'turnaround migration' was thought, in large part, to be a function of the attractive power of natural amenities in rural America (BROWN et al, 1997;FUGUITT and BROWN, 1990;HUMPHREY, 1980;JOHNSON, 1989;JOHNSON and BEALE, 1994;JOHNSON and PURDY, 1980). Further, previous work has identified natural amenities as latent factor inputs to the local production of goods and services (GRAVES, 1979(GRAVES, , 1980(GRAVES, , 1983KNAPP and GRAVES, 1989;MARCOUILLER, 1998;PORELL, 1982), with particular importance to rural regions. Rural 'growth engines' exist as complex interwoven markets including traditional primary factor inputs of land, labour, and capital combined with latent, or hidden, factor inputs characterized by natural amenities (for example, bucolic landscapes, open space, forests, water bodies, climate, etc.)…”

Section: Population Growth and Natural Amenitiesmentioning

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Isolating the Effect of Natural Amenities on Population Change at the Local Level

Chi¹,

Marcouiller²

2010

Regional Studies

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Isolating the effect of natural amenities on population change at the local level, Regional Studies. As latent production inputs, natural amenities are thought to serve as the basis for a variety of regional effects. In this study, natural amenity and socio-economic conditions were analysed with respect to population growth empirically estimated at the municipal level in an amenity-rich lakes region of the North Central United States from 1970 to 2000 with a specific focus on spatial relationships. The limited results suggest mixed effects that confirm an increased amenity influence as one of many factors that drive localized population change.

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Section: Population Growth and Natural Amenitiesmentioning

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Isolating the Effect of Natural Amenities on Population Change at the Local Level

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Marcouiller²

2010

Regional Studies

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“…Most studies used county-level data. Some researchers chose other spatial resolutions, namely municipalities (Ali et al, 2007;Ferguson et al, 2007;Gottlieb, 1995;Lundgren, 2009), Bureau of Economic Analysis Economic Areas (Greenwood and Hunt, 1989), State Economic Areas (Williams, 1981), Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) census units (Porell, 1982) and census tracts (Boarnet et al, 2005). The spatial coverage ranges from several states, counties or communities (e.g.…”

Section: Study Sample and Amenity Typesmentioning

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Landscape amenities and local development: A review of migration, regional economic and hedonic pricing studies

Waltert

Schläpfer

2010

Ecological Economics

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With rapid urban expansion and loss of open space, attractive local landscapes will continue to gain importance in location decisions and on political agendas. The present study reviews the evidence on the local economic role of landscape amenities from two major strands of empirical research, migration and regional economic models, and hedonic pricing models. Following common amenity definitions we identify 71 relevant peer-reviewed studies and systematically assess the reported effects of the landscape amenity variables. The migration and regional economic studies suggest that migrants are attracted by amenities nearly as often as by low taxes. Reported effects of amenities on income and employment are less consistent. The hedonic studies suggest that nature reserves and land cover diversity have mostly, open space and forest often, and agricultural land rarely positive effects on housing prices. Studies at larger geographic scales and studies involving urban areas were more likely to identify significant amenity effects. Some limitations of the evidence may be overcome with better datasets and modeling approaches. However, in line with other recent work, the limitations also highlight the need for complementary information from the analysis of political preferences for land-use management. to gain importance in location decisions and on political agendas. The present study reviews the evidence on the local economic role of landscape amenities from two major strands of empirical research, migration and regional economic models, and hedonic pricing models.Following common amenity definitions we identify 71 relevant peer-reviewed studies and systematically assess the reported effects of the landscape amenity variables. The migration and regional economic studies suggest that migrants are attracted by amenities nearly as often as by low taxes. Reported effects of amenities on income and employment are less consistent. The hedonic studies suggest that nature reserves and land-cover diversity have mostly, open space and forest often, and agricultural land rarely positive effects on housing prices. Studies at larger geographic scales and studies containing urban or suburban areas were more likely to identify significant amenity effects. Some limitations of the evidence may be overcome with better datasets and modeling approaches. However, in line with other recent work, the limitations also highlight the need for complementary information from the analysis of political preferences for land use management.

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“…Most of the research on internal migration has focused primarily on the determinants of migration. A large body of literature has debated the relative importance of economic/job opportunities versus local amenities as determinants of migration, and ample empirical evidence seems to support both perspectives (e.g., PORELL, 1982;MUESER and GRAVES, 1995). In contrast, relatively little has been published in the regional-science literature regarding the consequences of migration, in terms of, for example, per-capita incomes in the destination areas (e.g., GREENWOOD, 1985;PLANE and BITTER, 1997;ARONSSON et al, 2001;CUSHING and POOT, 2004).…”

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Selective In-migration and Income Convergence and Divergence across Belgian Municipalities

Peeters¹

2008

Regional Studies

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In this paper, we present an empirical study of the relationship between aggregate migration and the income distribution across locations in a region. We use cross-sectional data on growth of per-capita taxable incomes, over the period 1991-2000, from the municipalities of the Belgian province of Limburg. We use a non-standard -convergence framework, built on the notion of 'weak absolute convergence', to test the hypothesis of selective income migration. The model we develop allows us to separate out observed and unobserved heterogeneity in convergence rates. Observed heterogeneity is incorporated by including net in-migration and initial-education variables. Unobserved heterogeneity is related to amenity differentials across locations. The model is estimated by using the generalized maximum entropy method, which allows for the 'non-parametric' estimation of the effects of the unobserved factors. While we find an average -convergence rate of about 4.2% annually, the heterogeneity in -convergence rates is consistent with an increasing dispersion ( -divergence) of income levels, due to selective in-migration. Our empirical evidence indicates that, overall, the initially high-income municipalities (including the main regional urban centres) as well as their immediate neighbours gained the most from selective income migration. We conclude that patterns of in-migration in the 1990s provided the basis for a cumulative process of divergence of per-capita incomes and a growing spatial concentration of high-income locations in the amenity-rich, south-western part of the province.

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Intermetropolitan Migration and Quality of Life*

Cited by 101 publications

References 25 publications

Isolating the Effect of Natural Amenities on Population Change at the Local Level

Isolating the Effect of Natural Amenities on Population Change at the Local Level

Landscape amenities and local development: A review of migration, regional economic and hedonic pricing studies

Selective In-migration and Income Convergence and Divergence across Belgian Municipalities

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