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County Amenities and Net Migration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Anil Rupasingha  and
Stephan J. Goetz
Anil Rupasingha
Affiliation:
American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Stephan J. Goetz
Affiliation:
Penn State University, and director of the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
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Abstract

U.S. county-level net migration data and a general spatial model are used to examine the effects of various amenities on migration decisions. Results suggest that higher county cancer risks and the presence of superfund sites in a county, or a higher ranking on the Environmental Protection Agency's hazard ranking system, reduce the relative attractiveness of a county to prospective migrants, while natural amenities on balance attract migrants, ceteris paribus. The results also reveal spatial dependence among contiguous counties in terms of net migration behavior.

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amenitiesmigrationspatial econometrics
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , October 2004 , pp. 245 - 254
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Copyright © 2004 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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