Using Restricted-Access ACS Data to Examine Economic and Noneconomic Factors of Interstate Migration By Race and Ethnicity

Bryanna Duca and Anita Pena

Working Papers from U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

Abstract: We explore how determinants of internal migration differ between Black non-Hispanics, White non-Hispanics, and Hispanics using micro-level, restricted-use American Community Survey (ACS) data matched to data on attributes of sub-geographies down to the county level. This paper extends the discussion of internal migration in the U.S. by not only observing relationships between economic and noneconomic factors and household-level propensities to migrate, but also how these relationships differ across race and ethnicity within smaller geographies than have been explored in previous literature. We show that when controlling for household and location characteristics, minorities have a lower propensity to migrate than White households and document nuances in the responsiveness of internal migration to individual and locational attributes by racial and ethnic population subgroups.

Keywords: migration; race and ethnicity; restricted ACS data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C5 J15 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2023-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-des, nep-lab, nep-mig and nep-ure
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